لیکھا
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔 (lĕkkha), from Sanskrit लेख्य (lēkhya, “document; writing”). Doublet of لیکھ (lekh)
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /leː.kʰäː/
- Rhymes: -äː
- Hyphenation: لے‧کھا
Noun
لیکھا • (lekhā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੇਖਾ)
- account
- Synonym: حِساب کِتاب (ḥisāb kitāb)
- reckoning
- calculation
- Synonym: حِساب (ḥisāb)
- amount
- Synonym: رَقَم (raqam)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | لیکھا (lekhā) | لیکھے (lekhe) |
| oblique | لیکھے (lekhe) | لیکھیاں (lekheyāṉ) |
| vocative | لیکھیا (lekheyā) | لیکھیو (lekheyo) |
| ablative | لیکھیوں (lekheyoṉ) | — |
| locative | لیکھے (lekhe) | لیکھِیں (lekhīṉ) |
| instrumental | لیکھے (lekhe) | لیکھِیں (lekhīṉ) |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “لیکھا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
- “لیکھا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “lēkhya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 647