विनायक

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৱিনায়ক (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬦᬵᬬᬓ (Balinese script)
• বিনায়ক (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰡𑰯𑰧𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀦𑀸𑀬𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိနာယက (Burmese script)
• વિનાયક (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਨਾਯਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌾𑌯𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦤꦴꦪꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂢𑂰𑂨𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿನಾಯಕ (Kannada script)
• វិនាយក (Khmer script)
• ວິນາຍກ (Lao script)
• വിനായക (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘡𑘰𑘧𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠨᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑧁𑧑𑧇𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐣𑐵𑐫𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଵିନାଯକ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢥꢵꢫꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆤𑆳𑆪𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖡𑖯𑖧𑖎 (Siddham script)
• විනායක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩯𑩛𑩻𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚝𑚭𑚣𑚊 (Takri script)
• விநாயக (Tamil script)
• వినాయక (Telugu script)
• วินายก (Thai script)
• ཝི་ནཱ་ཡ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒢𑒰𑒨𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨝𑨊𑨪𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From विनी (vinī).

Adjective

विनायक • (vināyaka)

1. taking away, removing

Noun

विनायक • (vināyaka) stem, m

1. a leader, guide
2. (Hinduism) Remover of obstacles, Name of Ganesha

Descendants

• Telugu: వినాయకుడు (vināyakuḍu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विनायक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 972.