लेखनिक

{ lēkhanikḥ }

मराठी (Marathi) WordNet

   See : कारकून

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

लेखनिक  m.  m. one who makes a deputy sign a document, signing by proxy or making a mark (from inability to write), [L.]
लेखीलक   a letter- carrier, bearer of a letter, [L.] ( cf.).

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

लेखनिकः [lēkhanikḥ]   1 A letter- carrier.
    one who makes another sign for himself, signing by proxy ( being unable to write).
   A writer, scribe.

Shabda-Sagara

लेखनिक  m.  ( -कः)
   1. A letter- carrier, an express, a postman.
   2. one who signs a paper by proxy, who makes his mark, from inability to write, &c.
    E. लेखन writing, and ठन् aff.

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लेखन ठन्