"लेख" meaning in Sanskrit

See लेख in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɐj.kʰɐ/ [Vedic], /ˈl̪eː.kʰɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From the root लिख् (likh, “to write”) + -अ (-a, nominalizing suffix). Etymology templates: {{suf|sa|लिख्|-अ|nocat=|pos1=|pos2=nominalizing suffix|t1=to write|t2=|tr2=}} लिख् (likh, “to write”) + -अ (-a, nominalizing suffix), {{root|sa|sa|लिख्}}, {{sa-root|लिख्|-अ|pos2=nominalizing suffix|t1=to write}} From the root लिख् (likh, “to write”) + -अ (-a, nominalizing suffix) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m}} लेख • (lekha) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m}} Forms: lekha [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], लेखः [nominative, singular], लेखौ [dual, nominative], लेखा1 [dual, nominative], लेखाः [nominative, plural], लेखासः1 [nominative, plural], लेख [singular, vocative], लेखौ [dual, vocative], लेखा1 [dual, vocative], लेखाः [plural, vocative], लेखासः1 [plural, vocative], लेखम् [accusative, singular], लेखौ [accusative, dual], लेखा1 [accusative, dual], लेखान् [accusative, plural], लेखेन [instrumental, singular], लेखाभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], लेखैः [instrumental, plural], लेखेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], लेखाय [dative, singular], लेखाभ्याम् [dative, dual], लेखेभ्यः [dative, plural], लेखात् [ablative, singular], लेखाभ्याम् [ablative, dual], लेखेभ्यः [ablative, plural], लेखस्य [genitive, singular], लेखयोः [dual, genitive], लेखानाम् [genitive, plural], लेखे [locative, singular], लेखयोः [dual, locative], लेखेषु [locative, plural]
  1. a line, stroke, MānGṛ.
    Sense id: en-लेख-sa-noun-kFBXdRMR
  2. (also pl.) a writing, letter, manuscript, written document of any kind, Hariv. ; Kāv. ; VarBṛS. &c. Tags: also, plural
    Sense id: en-लेख-sa-noun-RXE9PS3d Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms belonging to the root लिख्, Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अ, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms belonging to the root लिख्: 22 78 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अ: 14 86 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: रेख (rekha)

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "លេខ",
            "3": "លេខា",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: លេខ (leek), លេខា (leikhaa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: លេខ (leek), លេខា (leikhaa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lo",
            "2": "ເລກ",
            "3": "ເລຂາ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lao: ເລກ (lēk), ເລຂາ (lē khā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lao: ເລກ (lēk), ເລຂາ (lē khā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "เลข",
            "3": "เลขา",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: เลข (lêek), เลขา (lee-kǎa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: เลข (lêek), เลขา (lee-kǎa)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "लिख्",
        "3": "-अ",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos1": "",
        "pos2": "nominalizing suffix",
        "t1": "to write",
        "t2": "",
        "tr2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "लिख् (likh, “to write”) + -अ (-a, nominalizing suffix)",
      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "लिख्"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "लिख्",
        "2": "-अ",
        "pos2": "nominalizing suffix",
        "t1": "to write"
      },
      "expansion": "From the root लिख् (likh, “to write”) + -अ (-a, nominalizing suffix)",
      "name": "sa-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the root लिख् (likh, “to write”) + -अ (-a, nominalizing suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lekha",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखः",
      "roman": "lekhaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखौ",
      "roman": "lekhau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखा1",
      "roman": "lekhā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखाः",
      "roman": "lekhāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखासः1",
      "roman": "lekhāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेख",
      "roman": "lekha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखौ",
      "roman": "lekhau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखा1",
      "roman": "lekhā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखाः",
      "roman": "lekhāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखासः1",
      "roman": "lekhāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखम्",
      "roman": "lekham",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखौ",
      "roman": "lekhau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखा1",
      "roman": "lekhā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखान्",
      "roman": "lekhān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखेन",
      "roman": "lekhena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "lekhābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखैः",
      "roman": "lekhaiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखेभिः1",
      "roman": "lekhebhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखाय",
      "roman": "lekhāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "lekhābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखेभ्यः",
      "roman": "lekhebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखात्",
      "roman": "lekhāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "lekhābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखेभ्यः",
      "roman": "lekhebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखस्य",
      "roman": "lekhasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखयोः",
      "roman": "lekhayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखानाम्",
      "roman": "lekhānām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखे",
      "roman": "lekhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखयोः",
      "roman": "lekhayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखेषु",
      "roman": "lekheṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "लेख • (lekha) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a line, stroke, MānGṛ."
      ],
      "id": "en-लेख-sa-noun-kFBXdRMR",
      "links": [
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "stroke",
          "stroke"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root लिख्",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अ",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a writing, letter, manuscript, written document of any kind, Hariv. ; Kāv. ; VarBṛS. &c."
      ],
      "id": "en-लेख-sa-noun-RXE9PS3d",
      "links": [
        [
          "writing",
          "writing"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "manuscript",
          "manuscript"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(also pl.) a writing, letter, manuscript, written document of any kind, Hariv. ; Kāv. ; VarBṛS. &c."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɐj.kʰɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈl̪eː.kʰɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "rekha",
      "word": "रेख"
    }
  ],
  "word": "लेख"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
    "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sanskrit lemmas",
    "Sanskrit masculine nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
    "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root लिख्",
    "Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अ",
    "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "លេខ",
            "3": "លេខា",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: លេខ (leek), លេខា (leikhaa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: លេខ (leek), លេខា (leikhaa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lo",
            "2": "ເລກ",
            "3": "ເລຂາ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lao: ເລກ (lēk), ເລຂາ (lē khā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lao: ເລກ (lēk), ເລຂາ (lē khā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "เลข",
            "3": "เลขา",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: เลข (lêek), เลขา (lee-kǎa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: เลข (lêek), เลขา (lee-kǎa)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "लिख्",
        "3": "-अ",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos1": "",
        "pos2": "nominalizing suffix",
        "t1": "to write",
        "t2": "",
        "tr2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "लिख् (likh, “to write”) + -अ (-a, nominalizing suffix)",
      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "लिख्"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "लिख्",
        "2": "-अ",
        "pos2": "nominalizing suffix",
        "t1": "to write"
      },
      "expansion": "From the root लिख् (likh, “to write”) + -अ (-a, nominalizing suffix)",
      "name": "sa-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the root लिख् (likh, “to write”) + -अ (-a, nominalizing suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lekha",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखः",
      "roman": "lekhaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखौ",
      "roman": "lekhau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखा1",
      "roman": "lekhā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखाः",
      "roman": "lekhāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखासः1",
      "roman": "lekhāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेख",
      "roman": "lekha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखौ",
      "roman": "lekhau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखा1",
      "roman": "lekhā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखाः",
      "roman": "lekhāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखासः1",
      "roman": "lekhāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखम्",
      "roman": "lekham",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखौ",
      "roman": "lekhau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखा1",
      "roman": "lekhā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखान्",
      "roman": "lekhān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखेन",
      "roman": "lekhena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "lekhābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखैः",
      "roman": "lekhaiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखेभिः1",
      "roman": "lekhebhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखाय",
      "roman": "lekhāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "lekhābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखेभ्यः",
      "roman": "lekhebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखात्",
      "roman": "lekhāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "lekhābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखेभ्यः",
      "roman": "lekhebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखस्य",
      "roman": "lekhasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखयोः",
      "roman": "lekhayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखानाम्",
      "roman": "lekhānām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखे",
      "roman": "lekhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखयोः",
      "roman": "lekhayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेखेषु",
      "roman": "lekheṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "लेख • (lekha) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a line, stroke, MānGṛ."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "stroke",
          "stroke"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a writing, letter, manuscript, written document of any kind, Hariv. ; Kāv. ; VarBṛS. &c."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "writing",
          "writing"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "manuscript",
          "manuscript"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(also pl.) a writing, letter, manuscript, written document of any kind, Hariv. ; Kāv. ; VarBṛS. &c."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɐj.kʰɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈl̪eː.kʰɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "rekha",
      "word": "रेख"
    }
  ],
  "word": "लेख"
}

Download raw JSONL data for लेख meaning in Sanskrit (6.2kB)

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  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Sanskrit]; cleaned text: Notes",
  "path": [
    "लेख"
  ],
  "section": "Sanskrit",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "लेख",
  "trace": ""
}

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