రేఖ

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit रेखा (rekhā, “scratch, streak, stripe, line; continuous line, row, range, series”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾeːkʰa/

Noun

రేఖ • (rēkha) n (plural రేఖలు)

1. line, streak, stripe

   Synonyms: గీత (gīta), వ్రాయి (vrāyi)

2. row

   Synonyms: వరస (varasa), పంక్తి (paṅkti)

3. (palmistry) line upon the palm, or on the sole of the foot.
4. fortune, one's lot or destiny (in connection with palmistry)

   Synonyms: తలవ్రాత (talavrāta), విధి (vidhi)

5. beauty, grace

   Synonym: అందము (andamu)

Derived terms

• కర్కటరేఖ (karkaṭarēkha, “Tropic of Cancer”)
• భాగ్యరేఖ (bhāgyarēkha)
• భూమధ్యరేఖ (bhūmadhyarēkha, “Earth's Equator”)
• మకరరేఖ (makararēkha, “Tropic of Capricorn”)
• రేఖాంశము (rēkhāṁśamu, “longitude”)
• రేఖాగణితము (rēkhāgaṇitamu, “geometry”)
• వక్రరేఖ (vakrarēkha, “curved line”)
• సరళరేఖ (saraḷarēkha, “straight line”)
• హలరేఖ (halarēkha)

 

Proper noun

రేఖ • (rēkha) f

1. a female given name from Sanskrit

References

• "రేఖ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1093