रेखा
See also: रूखा, रुख, राखी, and राख
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रेखा (rekhā). Doublet of लेखा (lekhā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɾeː.kʰɑː/, [ɾeː.kʰäː]
Noun
रेखा • (rekhā) f (Urdu spelling ریکھا)
- line
- mark; sign
- curve, stroke
- fate; destiny
Declension
Declension of रेखा (fem ā-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | रेखा rekhā | रेखाएँ rekhāẽ |
| oblique | रेखा rekhā | रेखाओं rekhāõ |
| vocative | रेखा rekhā | रेखाओ rekhāo |
Derived terms
- रेखागणित (rekhāgṇit)
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “रेखा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “रेखा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “रेखा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Etymology
From Old Marathi 𑘨𑘹𑘏𑘰 (rekhā), from Sanskrit रेखा (rekhā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾe.kʰa/
Noun
रेखा • (rekhā) f
- line
Declension
| Declension of रेखा (rekhā) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular | रेखा rekhā | ||
| direct plural | रेखा rekhā | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | रेखा rekhā | रेखा rekhā | |
| oblique | रेखे- rekhe- | रेखां- rekhāN- | |
| dative | रेखेला rekhelā | रेखांना rekhāNnā | |
| ergative | रेखेने rekhene | रेखांनी rekhāNni | |
| instrumental | रेखेशी rekheśi | रेखांशी rekhāNśi | |
| locative | रेखेत rekhet | रेखांत rekhāNt | |
| vocative | रेखे rekhe | रेखांनो rekhāNno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of रेखा | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | रेखेचा rekheċā | रेखेचे rekhece | रेखेची rekheci | रेखेच्या rekheca | रेखेचे, रेखेचं rekhece, rekheċa | रेखेची rekheci | रेखेच्या rekheca | |
| plural subject | रेखांचा rekhāNċā | रेखांचे rekhāNce | रेखांची rekhāNci | रेखांच्या rekhāNca | रेखांचे, रेखांचं rekhāNce, rekhāNċa | रेखांची rekhāNci | रेखांच्या rekhāNca | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
Derived terms
- रेखागणित (rekhāgṇit)
References
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “रेखा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “रेखा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
- Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
Old Marathi
Noun
रेखा (rekhā) f
- Devanagari form of 𑘨𑘹𑘏𑘰 (rekhā, “line”)
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬭᬾᬔᬵ (Balinese script)
- ৰেখা (Assamese script)
- রেখা (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰸𑰏𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑁂𑀔𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌰𑍇𑌖𑌾 (Grantha script)
- રેખા (Gujarati script)
- ਰੇਖਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦫꦺꦑꦴ (Javanese script)
- រេខា (Khmer script)
- ರೇಖಾ (Kannada script)
- ເຣຂາ (Lao script)
- രേഖാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘨𑘹𑘏𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠧᠻᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᡵᡝᡘᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- ရေခါ (Burmese script)
- 𑧈𑧚𑦯𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐾𑐏𑐵 (Newa script)
- ରେଖା (Oriya script)
- ꢬꢾꢓꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆼𑆒𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖸𑖏𑖯 (Siddham script)
- රේඛා (Sinhalese script)
- రేఖా (Telugu script)
- เรขา (Thai script)
- རེ་ཁཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒹𑒐𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Related to लिखति (likhati, “to scratch, write”); probably a noun formation from Proto-Indo-Aryan *rikʰ-á-ti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *rikʰ-á-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *rikh₂-é-ti, from *reyk(ʷ)h₂- (“to scratch”). Cognate with Lithuanian riekiù (“to cut, carve”), riēkti[1] and possibly English row.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɾɐj.kʰɑː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɾeː.kʰɑː/
Noun
रेखा • (rekhā) f
- a scratch, streak, stripe, line Gṛihyās. Yājñ. MBh. &c.
- a continuous line, row, range, series MBh. Kāv. &c.
- the first or prime meridian (considered to be a line drawn from लङ्का to मेरु i.e. from Ceylon [supposed to lie on the equator] to the north pole) Sūryas.
- a right or straight position of all the limbs in dancing Saṃgīt.
- delineation, outline, drawing, sketch Kāv. Kathās.
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem declension of रेखा (rekhā) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | रेखा rekhā | रेखे rekhe | रेखाः rekhāḥ |
| Vocative | रेखे rekhe | रेखे rekhe | रेखाः rekhāḥ |
| Accusative | रेखाम् rekhām | रेखे rekhe | रेखाः rekhāḥ |
| Instrumental | रेखया / रेखा¹ rekhayā / rekhā¹ | रेखाभ्याम् rekhābhyām | रेखाभिः rekhābhiḥ |
| Dative | रेखायै rekhāyai | रेखाभ्याम् rekhābhyām | रेखाभ्यः rekhābhyaḥ |
| Ablative | रेखायाः rekhāyāḥ | रेखाभ्याम् rekhābhyām | रेखाभ्यः rekhābhyaḥ |
| Genitive | रेखायाः rekhāyāḥ | रेखयोः rekhayoḥ | रेखाणाम् rekhāṇām |
| Locative | रेखायाम् rekhāyām | रेखयोः rekhayoḥ | रेखासु rekhāsu |
| Notes |
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Derived terms
- रेखागणित (rekhāgaṇita)
Descendants
- Assamese: ৰেহ (reh), ৰেহা (reha)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “रेखा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0887.
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*rei̯k(u̯)h₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 504