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scribe meaning in Sanskrit

लेखक lekhaka

/skɹaɪb/[skɹaɪ̯b]

scribe in Sanskrit: लेखक (lekhaka). In English, scribe means someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.

Sanskrit words for scribe

scribe; copyist
लेखक lekhaka

English meaning of scribe

  1. noun Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
  2. noun A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.
  3. noun A journalist.
  4. noun A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.

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Questions about scribe in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of scribe in Sanskrit?
Scribe in Sanskrit is लेखक (lekhaka).
scribe इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Scribe: लेखक (lekhaka).
What does scribe mean in English?
Scribe means someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “scribe”: लेखक. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: scribe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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