लेखनी

See also: लिखने, लिखना, लेखन, लेख्न, लेखिनु, and लेख्नु

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लेखनी (lekhanī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /leː.kʰə.niː/, [leː.kʰɐ.niː]

Noun

लेखनी • (lekhanī) f (Urdu spelling لیکھنی)

1. (tools) pen

   Synonyms: क़लम (qalam), पेन (pen)

Declension

Declension of लेखनी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लेखनी lekhnī	लेखनियाँ lekhniyā̃
oblique	लेखनी lekhnī	लेखनियों lekhniyõ
vocative	लेखनी lekhnī	लेखनियो lekhniyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লেখনী (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬾᬔᬦᬷ (Balinese script)
• লেখনী (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰸𑰏𑰡𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑁂𑀔𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• လေခနီ (Burmese script)
• લેખની (Gujarati script)
• ਲੇਖਨੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑍇𑌖𑌨𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦺꦑꦤꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂵𑂎𑂢𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಲೇಖನೀ (Kannada script)
• លេខនី (Khmer script)
• ເລຂນີ (Lao script)
• ലേഖനീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᡝᡘᠠᠨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘹𑘏𑘡𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠧᠻᠠᠨᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑧚𑦯𑧁𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐾𑐏𑐣𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଲେଖନୀ (Odia script)
• ꢭꢾꢓꢥꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆼𑆒𑆤𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖸𑖏𑖡𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ලෙඛනී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩔𑩝𑩯𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚲𑚋𑚝𑚯 (Takri script)
• லேக²நீ (Tamil script)
• లేఖనీ (Telugu script)
• เลขนี (Thai script)
• ལེ་ཁ་ནཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒹𑒐𑒢𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨄𑨌𑨝𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the feminine form of लेखन (lekhana, “scratching, scarifying, scraping”), from the root लिख् (likh, “to write”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /l̪eː.kʰɐ.n̪iː/

Noun

लेखनी • (lekhanī) stem, f

1. an instrument for writing or painting, reed-pen, painting-brush, pen, pencil

   Synonym: कलम (kalama)

2. Saccharum spontaneum (a sort of reed of which pens are made)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of लेखनी

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	लेखनी (lekhanī)	लेखन्यौ (lekhanyau)	लेखन्यः (lekhanyaḥ)
vocative	लेखनि (lekhani)	लेखन्यौ (lekhanyau)	लेखन्यः (lekhanyaḥ)
accusative	लेखनीम् (lekhanīm)	लेखन्यौ (lekhanyau)	लेखनीः (lekhanīḥ)
instrumental	लेखन्या (lekhanyā)	लेखनीभ्याम् (lekhanībhyām)	लेखनीभिः (lekhanībhiḥ)
dative	लेखन्यै (lekhanyai)	लेखनीभ्याम् (lekhanībhyām)	लेखनीभ्यः (lekhanībhyaḥ)
ablative	लेखन्याः (lekhanyāḥ)	लेखनीभ्याम् (lekhanībhyām)	लेखनीभ्यः (lekhanībhyaḥ)
genitive	लेखन्याः (lekhanyāḥ)	लेखन्योः (lekhanyoḥ)	लेखनीनाम् (lekhanīnām)
locative	लेखन्याम् (lekhanyām)	लेखन्योः (lekhanyoḥ)	लेखनीषु (lekhanīṣu)

Descendants

• → Assamese: লেখনী (lekhoni)
• → Bengali: লেখনী (lekhoni)
• → Burmese: လီခနီ (lihka.ni)
• → Dhivehi: ލޭކަނީ (lēkanī)
• → Gujarati: લેખની (lekhnī)
• Hindustani:
  • → Hindi: लेखनी (lekhnī)
    • → Pashto: ليکني
  • → Urdu: لیکھنی (lekhnī)
• → Kannada: ಲೇಖನಿ (lēkhani)
• → Khmer: លេខនី (leikhaʼnii)
• → Malayalam: ലേഖനി (lēkhani)
• → Marathi: लोखणी (lokhṇī), लेखनी (lekhnī)
• → Nepali: लेखनी (lekhanī)
• → Odia: ଲେଖନୀ (lekhani)
• → Punjabi: ਲੇਖਨੀ (lekhnī)
• → Sinhalese: ලේඛනී (lēkhanī)
• → Sylheti: ꠟꠦꠈꠘꠤ (lexóni)
• → Tamil: லேகநீ (lēkanī)
• → Telugu: లేఖని (lēkhani)
• → Thai: เลกฮานี
• → Tibetan: ལེཁནཱི (lekhnī)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “लेखनी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 901, column 2.