वाणिज्यक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱাণিজ্যক (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬵᬡᬶᬚ᭄ᬬᬓ (Balinese script)
• বাণিজ্যক (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰯𑰜𑰰𑰕𑰿𑰧𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀬𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ဝါဏိဇျက (Burmese script)
• વાણિજ્યક (Gujarati script)
• ਵਾਣਿਜ੍ਯਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌾𑌣𑌿𑌜𑍍𑌯𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦴꦟꦶꦗꦾꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂰𑂝𑂱𑂔𑂹𑂨𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ವಾಣಿಜ್ಯಕ (Kannada script)
• វាណិជ្យក (Khmer script)
• ວາຓິຊ຺ຍກ (Lao script)
• വാണിജ്യക (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᡳᡯᠶᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘰𑘜𑘱𑘕𑘿𑘧𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢗᢏᠢᠽᠶ᠋ᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧑𑦼𑧒𑦵𑧠𑧇𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐵𑐞𑐶𑐖𑑂𑐫𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଵାଣିଜ୍ଯକ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢵꢠꢶꢙ꣄ꢫꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆳𑆟𑆴𑆘𑇀𑆪𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖯𑖜𑖰𑖕𑖿𑖧𑖎 (Siddham script)
• වාණිජ්‍යක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩛𑩪𑩑𑩣 𑪙𑩻𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚭𑚘𑚮𑚑𑚶𑚣𑚊 (Takri script)
• வாணிஜ்யக (Tamil script)
• వాణిజ్యక (Telugu script)
• วาณิชฺยก (Thai script)
• ཝཱ་ཎི་ཛྱ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒰𑒝𑒱𑒖𑓂𑒨𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨊𑨘𑨁𑨥𑩇𑨪𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वाणिज्य (vāṇijya) +‎ -क (-ka), ultimately from the root वणिज् (vaṇij). Compare वाणिज्यिक (vāṇijyika).

Noun

वाणिज्यक • (vāṇijyaka) stem, m

1. a merchant, trader (Hcat.)

   Synonym: वाणिज (vāṇija)

   धर्मवाणिज्यक ― dharmavāṇijyaka ― one who tries to make a profit out of one's virtue like a merchant

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वाणिज्यक (vāṇijyaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वाणिज्यकः vāṇijyakaḥ	वाणिज्यकौ / वाणिज्यका¹ vāṇijyakau / vāṇijyakā¹	वाणिज्यकाः / वाणिज्यकासः¹ vāṇijyakāḥ / vāṇijyakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	वाणिज्यक vāṇijyaka	वाणिज्यकौ / वाणिज्यका¹ vāṇijyakau / vāṇijyakā¹	वाणिज्यकाः / वाणिज्यकासः¹ vāṇijyakāḥ / vāṇijyakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वाणिज्यकम् vāṇijyakam	वाणिज्यकौ / वाणिज्यका¹ vāṇijyakau / vāṇijyakā¹	वाणिज्यकान् vāṇijyakān
Instrumental	वाणिज्यकेन vāṇijyakena	वाणिज्यकाभ्याम् vāṇijyakābhyām	वाणिज्यकैः / वाणिज्यकेभिः¹ vāṇijyakaiḥ / vāṇijyakebhiḥ¹
Dative	वाणिज्यकाय vāṇijyakāya	वाणिज्यकाभ्याम् vāṇijyakābhyām	वाणिज्यकेभ्यः vāṇijyakebhyaḥ
Ablative	वाणिज्यकात् vāṇijyakāt	वाणिज्यकाभ्याम् vāṇijyakābhyām	वाणिज्यकेभ्यः vāṇijyakebhyaḥ
Genitive	वाणिज्यकस्य vāṇijyakasya	वाणिज्यकयोः vāṇijyakayoḥ	वाणिज्यकानाम् vāṇijyakānām
Locative	वाणिज्यके vāṇijyake	वाणिज्यकयोः vāṇijyakayoḥ	वाणिज्यकेषु vāṇijyakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Malay: beniaga, niaga
  • Indonesian: berniaga, niaga
  • → Ilocano: baniaga
  • → Kapampangan: banyaga
  • → Tagalog: banyaga
  • → Cebuano: banyaga
  • → Mansaka: banyaga

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वाणिज्यक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 939/2.