लकीर lakīr

H لکير लकीर lakīr [S. लेखा + īr = Prk. इल्ली or इली = S. इल+ई; cf. līk], s.f. A line, lineament; a streak, stripe: — lakīr pīṭnā, or lakīr-par faqīr honā, To follow in the track of ancestors; to walk in the beaten path; to move in a groove; to be a slave to old customs or rites; — to make fruitless search for a thing which is lost (com. used in connection with the word sāṅp, 'snake'; e.g. sāṅp nikal-gayā hai, ab lakīr pīṭte haiṅ): — lakīr khaiṅćnā (-par), To draw a line; to mark a boundary; to mark out, strike out (with a pen, &c.); — to renounce, to abjure: — phirtī lakīr, s.f. 'Revolving line'; radius (of a circle): — ćhūtī lakīr, s.f. Touching line, tangent (of a circle).