# रेखा
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रेखा (rekhā). Doublet of लेखा (lekhā).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɾeː.kʰɑː/, [ɾeː.kʰäː]

### Noun

रेखा • (rekhā) f (Urdu spelling ریکھا)
* line
* mark; sign
* curve, stroke
* fate; destiny

#### 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: /ɾe.kʰa/

### Noun

रेखा • (rekhā) f
* line

#### 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
* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “रेखा”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

## Old Marathi
### Noun

रेखा (rekhā) f
* Devanagari form of 𑘨𑘹𑘏𑘰 (rekhā, “line”)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* ৰেখা (Assamese script)
* ᬭᬾᬔᬵ (Balinese script)
* রেখা (Bengali script)
* 𑰨𑰸𑰏𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀭𑁂𑀔𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ရေခါ (Burmese script)
* રેખા (Gujarati script)
* ਰੇਖਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌰𑍇𑌖𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦫꦺꦑꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂩𑂵𑂎𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ರೇಖಾ (Kannada script)
* រេខា (Khmer script)
* ເຣຂາ (Lao script)
* രേഖാ (Malayalam script)
* ᡵᡝᡘᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘨𑘹𑘏𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᠷᠧᠻᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧈𑧚𑦯𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐬𑐾𑐏𑐵 (Newa script)
* ରେଖା (Odia script)
* ꢬꢾꢓꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆫𑆼𑆒𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖨𑖸𑖏𑖯 (Siddham script)
* රෙඛා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩼𑩔𑩝𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚤𑚲𑚋𑚭 (Takri script)
* ரேக²ா (Tamil script)
* రేఖా (Telugu script)
* เรขา (Thai script)
* རེ་ཁཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒩𑒹𑒐𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨫𑨄𑨌𑨊 (Zanabazar Square 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 and possibly English row.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɾɐj.kʰɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɾeː.kʰɑː/

### Noun

रेखा • (rekhā) stem, 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.

#### 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, 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