शिक्षक

See also: शैक्षिक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिक्षक (śikṣaka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃɪk.ʂək/, [ʃɪk.ʃɐk]

Noun

शिक्षक • (śikṣak) m (feminine शिक्षिका)

1. teacher, educator

   Synonyms: अध्यापक (adhyāpak), गुरु (guru)

Declension

Declension of शिक्षक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शिक्षक śikṣak	शिक्षक śikṣak
oblique	शिक्षक śikṣak	शिक्षकों śikṣakõ
vocative	शिक्षक śikṣak	शिक्षको śikṣako

References

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

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिक्षक (śikṣaka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕik.ʂək/

Noun

शिक्षक • (śikṣak) m

1. teacher, educator

Declension

Declension of शिक्षक (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	शिक्षक śikṣak
direct plural	शिक्षक śikṣak
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	शिक्षक śikṣak		शिक्षक śikṣak
oblique सामान्यरूप	शिक्षका śikṣakā		शिक्षकां- śikṣakān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	शिक्षकाला śikṣakālā		शिक्षकांना śikṣakānnā
ergative	शिक्षकाने, शिक्षकानं śikṣakāne, śikṣakāna		शिक्षकांनी śikṣakānnī
instrumental	शिक्षकाशी śikṣakāśī		शिक्षकांशी śikṣakānśī
locative सप्तमी	शिक्षकात śikṣakāt		शिक्षकांत śikṣakāt
vocative संबोधन	शिक्षका śikṣakā		शिक्षकांनो śikṣakānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of शिक्षक (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	शिक्षकाचा śikṣakāċā	शिक्षकाचे śikṣakāċe	शिक्षकाची śikṣakācī	शिक्षकाच्या śikṣakācā	शिक्षकाचे, शिक्षकाचं śikṣakāċe, śikṣakāċa	शिक्षकाची śikṣakācī	शिक्षकाच्या śikṣakācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	शिक्षकांचा śikṣakānċā	शिक्षकांचे śikṣakānċe	शिक्षकांची śikṣakāñcī	शिक्षकांच्या śikṣakāncā	शिक्षकांचे, शिक्षकांचं śikṣakānċe, śikṣakānċa	शिक्षकांची śikṣakāñcī	शिक्षकांच्या śikṣakāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

See also

• शिक्षण (śikṣaṇ, “education”)
• शिक्षिका (śikṣikā, “teacher”) (female)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “शिक्षक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिक्षक (śikṣaka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sik̚t͡sʰek]
• Phonetic Devanagari: सिक्छेक्
• IPA^(key): [sit̚t͡sʰʲʌk]

Noun

शिक्षक • (śikṣak)

1. teacher; tutor

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শিক্ষক (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬶᬓ᭄ᬱᬓ (Balinese script)
• শিক্ষক (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰰𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ၐိက္ၑက (Burmese script)
• શિક્ષક (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਿਕ੍ਸ਼ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦶꦏ꧀ꦰꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂱𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಿಕ್ಷಕ (Kannada script)
• ឝិក្ឞក (Khmer script)
• ຨິກ຺ຩກ (Lao script)
• ശിക്ഷക (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡳᡬᢢᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘱𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠢᢉᢔᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧒𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐶𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଶିକ୍ଷକ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢶꢒ꣄ꢰꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆴𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖰𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖎 (Siddham script)
• ශික්‍ෂක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩑𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚮𑚊𑚶𑚊 (Takri script)
• ஶிக்ஷக (Tamil script)
• శిక్షక (Telugu script)
• ศิกฺษก (Thai script)
• ཤི་ཀྵ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒱𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨁𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root शिक्ष् (śikṣ) +‎ -अक (-aka).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕik.ʂɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕik.ʂɐ.kɐ/

Noun

शिक्षक • (śikṣaka) stem, m (feminine शिक्षिका) (masculine)

1. teacher
2. instructor

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शिक्षक (śikṣaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शिक्षकः śikṣakaḥ	शिक्षकौ / शिक्षका¹ śikṣakau / śikṣakā¹	शिक्षकाः / शिक्षकासः¹ śikṣakāḥ / śikṣakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	शिक्षक śikṣaka	शिक्षकौ / शिक्षका¹ śikṣakau / śikṣakā¹	शिक्षकाः / शिक्षकासः¹ śikṣakāḥ / śikṣakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शिक्षकम् śikṣakam	शिक्षकौ / शिक्षका¹ śikṣakau / śikṣakā¹	शिक्षकान् śikṣakān
Instrumental	शिक्षकेण śikṣakeṇa	शिक्षकाभ्याम् śikṣakābhyām	शिक्षकैः / शिक्षकेभिः¹ śikṣakaiḥ / śikṣakebhiḥ¹
Dative	शिक्षकाय śikṣakāya	शिक्षकाभ्याम् śikṣakābhyām	शिक्षकेभ्यः śikṣakebhyaḥ
Ablative	शिक्षकात् śikṣakāt	शिक्षकाभ्याम् śikṣakābhyām	शिक्षकेभ्यः śikṣakebhyaḥ
Genitive	शिक्षकस्य śikṣakasya	शिक्षकयोः śikṣakayoḥ	शिक्षकाणाम् śikṣakāṇām
Locative	शिक्षके śikṣake	शिक्षकयोः śikṣakayoḥ	शिक्षकेषु śikṣakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• →Tatsama:

  • Bengali: শিক্ষক (śikkhok)
  • Gujarati: શિક્ષક (śikṣak)
  • Hindi: शिक्षक (śikṣak)
  • Marathi: शिक्षक (śikṣak)
  • Nepali: शिक्षक (śikṣak)
  • Odia: ଶିକ୍ଷକ (śikṣôkô)