लेखनी
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /leː.kʰə.niː/, [leː.kʰɐ.niː]
Sanskrit
Etymology
From the feminine form of लेखन (lekhana, “scratching, scarifying, scraping”), from the root लिख् (likh, “to write”). The sense 'pen' is an innovation from Hindi.
Noun
लेखनी • (lekhanī) stem, f
- Saccharum spontaneum (a sort of reed of which pens are made)
- pen
- Synonym: कलम (kalama)
Declension
| Feminine ī-stem declension of लेखनी (lekhanī) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | लेखनी lekhanī |
लेखन्यौ / लेखनी¹ lekhanyau / lekhanī¹ |
लेखन्यः / लेखनीः¹ lekhanyaḥ / lekhanīḥ¹ |
| Vocative | लेखनि lekhani |
लेखन्यौ / लेखनी¹ lekhanyau / lekhanī¹ |
लेखन्यः / लेखनीः¹ lekhanyaḥ / lekhanīḥ¹ |
| Accusative | लेखनीम् lekhanīm |
लेखन्यौ / लेखनी¹ lekhanyau / lekhanī¹ |
लेखनीः lekhanīḥ |
| Instrumental | लेखन्या lekhanyā |
लेखनीभ्याम् lekhanībhyām |
लेखनीभिः lekhanībhiḥ |
| Dative | लेखन्यै lekhanyai |
लेखनीभ्याम् lekhanībhyām |
लेखनीभ्यः lekhanībhyaḥ |
| Ablative | लेखन्याः / लेखन्यै² lekhanyāḥ / lekhanyai² |
लेखनीभ्याम् lekhanībhyām |
लेखनीभ्यः lekhanībhyaḥ |
| Genitive | लेखन्याः / लेखन्यै² lekhanyāḥ / lekhanyai² |
लेखन्योः lekhanyoḥ |
लेखनीनाम् lekhanīnām |
| Locative | लेखन्याम् lekhanyām |
लेखन्योः lekhanyoḥ |
लेखनीषु lekhanīṣu |
| Notes |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899) “लेखनी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 901.
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