अधिनायक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अधिनायक (adhināyaka)

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.d̪ʱɪ.nɑː.jək/, [ɐ.d̪ʱɪ.näː.jɐk]
Audio (Delhi): (file)

Noun

अधिनायक • (adhināyak) m

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

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अधिनायक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 171
Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “अधिनायक”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 20
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अधिनायक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 26

Sanskrit

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.d̪ʱi.n̪ɑː.jɐ.kɐ/

Noun

अधिनायक • (adhināyaka) stem, m

supreme leader

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अधिनायक
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अधिनायकः (adhināyakaḥ)	अधिनायकौ (adhināyakau) अधिनायका¹ (adhināyakā¹)	अधिनायकाः (adhināyakāḥ) अधिनायकासः¹ (adhināyakāsaḥ¹)
accusative	अधिनायकम् (adhināyakam)	अधिनायकौ (adhināyakau) अधिनायका¹ (adhināyakā¹)	अधिनायकान् (adhināyakān)
instrumental	अधिनायकेन (adhināyakena)	अधिनायकाभ्याम् (adhināyakābhyām)	अधिनायकैः (adhināyakaiḥ) अधिनायकेभिः¹ (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)
vocative	अधिनायक (adhināyaka)	अधिनायकौ (adhināyakau) अधिनायका¹ (adhināyakā¹)	अधिनायकाः (adhināyakāḥ) अधिनायकासः¹ (adhināyakāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic