प्राध्यापक

Hindi

Etymology

A Sanskritic formation from Sanskrit प्राधी (prādhī, “study”, root) + आपक (āpaka, “one who obtains”), probably formed by analogy with अध्यापक (adhyāpaka, “teacher”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɾɑːd̪ʱ.jɑː.pək/, [pɾäːd̪ʱ.jäː.pɐk]

Noun

प्राध्यापक • (prādhyāpak) m (feminine प्राध्‍यापिका)

1. lecturer

   Synonyms: लेक्चरर (lekcarar), व्याख्याता (vyākhyātā)

2. A teacher in a university; a professor.

   Synonyms: शिक्षक (śikṣak), अध्यापक (adhyāpak)

Declension

Declension of प्राध्यापक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्राध्यापक prādhyāpak	प्राध्यापक prādhyāpak
oblique	प्राध्यापक prādhyāpak	प्राध्यापकों prādhyāpakõ
vocative	प्राध्यापक prādhyāpak	प्राध्यापको prādhyāpako

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्राध्यापक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “प्राध्यापक”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्राध्यापक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “प्राध्यापक”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House