आचार्य

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya).

Noun

आचार्य • (ācārya) m (Urdu spelling آچاریہ)

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) teacher, scholar

Related terms

• आचार्या (ācāryā)

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আচাৰ্য (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬘᬵᬃᬬ (Balinese script)
• আচার্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰓𑰯𑰨𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀘𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• အာစာရျ (Burmese script)
• આચાર્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਆਚਾਰ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌚𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦕꦴꦫꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂒𑂰𑂩𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಚಾರ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• អាចាយ៌ (Khmer script)
• ອາຈາຣ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• ആചാര്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢜᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘓𑘰𑘨𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢋᠠᢗᠷᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦳𑧑𑧈𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐔𑐵𑐬𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଆଚାର୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢗꢵꢬ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆖𑆳𑆫𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖓𑖯𑖨𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ආචාර්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩡𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚏𑚭𑚤𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஆசார்ய (Tamil script)
• ఆచార్య (Telugu script)
• อาจารฺย (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཙཱ་རྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒔𑒰𑒩𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨣𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Noun

आचार्य • (ācārya) stem, m

1. ‘knowing or teaching the आचार or rules’, a spiritual guide or teacher (especially one who invests the student with the sacrificial thread, and instructs him in the वेदs, in the law of sacrifice and religious mysteries.
2. a name of द्रोण (the teacher of the पाण्डवs) in Mahabharata.

Descendants

• Burmese: ဆရာ (hca.ra)
• Hindi: आचार्य (ācārya)
• Indonesian: ajar
• Lao: ອາຈານ (ʼā chān)
• Malay: ajar
• Telugu: ఆచార్యుడు (ācāryuḍu)
• Thai: อาจารย์ (aa-jaan)
• → Tocharian B: aśari

Further reading

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.