अधिनायक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अधिनायक (adhināyaka)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.d̪ʱɪ.nɑː.jək/, [ɐ.d̪ʱɪ.näː.jɐk]

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Noun

अधिनायक • (adhināyak) m

1. supreme leader, dictator

   Synonym: तानाशाह (tānāśāh)

Declension

Declension of अधिनायक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अधिनायक adhināyak	अधिनायक adhināyak
oblique	अधिनायक adhināyak	अधिनायकों adhināyakõ
vocative	अधिनायक adhināyak	अधिनायको adhināyako

Derived terms

• अधिनायकवाद (adhināyakvād)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अधिनायक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অধিনায়ক (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬥᬶᬦᬵᬬᬓ (Balinese script)
• অধিনায়ক (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰠𑰰𑰡𑰯𑰧𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀥𑀺𑀦𑀸𑀬𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• အဓိနာယက (Burmese script)
• અધિનાયક (Gujarati script)
• ਅਧਿਨਾਯਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌧𑌿𑌨𑌾𑌯𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦣꦶꦤꦴꦪꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂡𑂱𑂢𑂰𑂨𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಧಿನಾಯಕ (Kannada script)
• អធិនាយក (Khmer script)
• ອຘິນາຍກ (Lao script)
• അധിനായക (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢡᡳᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘠𑘱𑘡𑘰𑘧𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢑᠾᠢᠨᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧀𑧒𑧁𑧑𑧇𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐢𑐶𑐣𑐵𑐫𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଅଧିନାଯକ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢤꢶꢥꢵꢫꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆣𑆴𑆤𑆳𑆪𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖠𑖰𑖡𑖯𑖧𑖎 (Siddham script)
• අධිනායක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩮𑩑𑩯𑩛𑩻𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚜𑚮𑚝𑚭𑚣𑚊 (Takri script)
• அதி⁴நாயக (Tamil script)
• అధినాయక (Telugu script)
• อธินายก (Thai script)
• ཨ་དྷི་ནཱ་ཡ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒡𑒱𑒢𑒰𑒨𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨜𑨁𑨝𑨊𑨪𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of अधि (adhi, “over, above”) +‎ नायक (nāyaka, “leader”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dʱi.nɑː.jɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.d̪ʱiˈn̪ɑː.jɐ.kɐ/

Noun

अधिनायक • (adhināyaka) stem, m

1. supreme leader

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अधिनायक (adhināyaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अधिनायकः adhināyakaḥ	अधिनायकौ / अधिनायका¹ adhināyakau / adhināyakā¹	अधिनायकाः / अधिनायकासः¹ adhināyakāḥ / adhināyakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	अधिनायक adhināyaka	अधिनायकौ / अधिनायका¹ adhināyakau / adhināyakā¹	अधिनायकाः / अधिनायकासः¹ adhināyakāḥ / adhināyakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अधिनायकम् adhināyakam	अधिनायकौ / अधिनायका¹ adhināyakau / adhināyakā¹	अधिनायकान् adhināyakān
Instrumental	अधिनायकेन adhināyakena	अधिनायकाभ्याम् adhināyakābhyām	अधिनायकैः / अधिनायकेभिः¹ adhināyakaiḥ / adhināyakebhiḥ¹
Dative	अधिनायकाय adhināyakāya	अधिनायकाभ्याम् adhināyakābhyām	अधिनायकेभ्यः adhināyakebhyaḥ
Ablative	अधिनायकात् adhināyakāt	अधिनायकाभ्याम् adhināyakābhyām	अधिनायकेभ्यः adhināyakebhyaḥ
Genitive	अधिनायकस्य adhināyakasya	अधिनायकयोः adhināyakayoḥ	अधिनायकानाम् adhināyakānām
Locative	अधिनायके adhināyake	अधिनायकयोः adhināyakayoḥ	अधिनायकेषु adhināyakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic