नायक

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɑː.jək/, [näː.jɐk]

Noun

नायक • (nāyak) m

1. hero

   Synonyms: वीर (vīr), बहादुर (bahādur)

   Antonym: खलनायक (khalnāyak)

Declension

Declension of नायक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नायक nāyak	नायक nāyak
oblique	नायक nāyak	नायकों nāyakõ
vocative	नायक nāyak	नायको nāyako

Derived terms

• खलनायक (khalnāyak)
• नायका (nāykā)

Related terms

• नायिका (nāyikā, “heroine”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নায়ক (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬵᬬᬓ (Balinese script)
• নায়ক (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰯𑰧𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀸𑀬𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• နာယက (Burmese script)
• નાયક (Gujarati script)
• ਨਾਯਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌾𑌯𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦴꦪꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂰𑂨𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ನಾಯಕ (Kannada script)
• នាយក (Khmer script)
• ນາຍກ (Lao script)
• നായക (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘰𑘧𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧑𑧇𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐵𑐫𑐎 (Newa script)
• ନାଯକ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢵꢫꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆳𑆪𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖯𑖧𑖎 (Siddham script)
• නායක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩛𑩻𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚭𑚣𑚊 (Takri script)
• நாயக (Tamil script)
• నాయక (Telugu script)
• นายก (Thai script)
• ནཱ་ཡ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒰𑒨𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨊𑨪𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of नी (nī, “to guide, govern”, root) +‎ -अक (-aka).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑː.jɐ́.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɑː.jɐ.kɐ/

Noun

नायक • (nāyaka) stem, m

1. guide, leader, chief, lord, principal
2. (in a drama) the hero or lover

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नायक (nāyaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नायकः nāyakaḥ	नायकौ / नायका¹ nāyakau / nāyakā¹	नायकाः / नायकासः¹ nāyakāḥ / nāyakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	नायक nāyaka	नायकौ / नायका¹ nāyakau / nāyakā¹	नायकाः / नायकासः¹ nāyakāḥ / nāyakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	नायकम् nāyakam	नायकौ / नायका¹ nāyakau / nāyakā¹	नायकान् nāyakān
Instrumental	नायकेन nāyakena	नायकाभ्याम् nāyakābhyām	नायकैः / नायकेभिः¹ nāyakaiḥ / nāyakebhiḥ¹
Dative	नायकाय nāyakāya	नायकाभ्याम् nāyakābhyām	नायकेभ्यः nāyakebhyaḥ
Ablative	नायकात् nāyakāt	नायकाभ्याम् nāyakābhyām	नायकेभ्यः nāyakebhyaḥ
Genitive	नायकस्य nāyakasya	नायकयोः nāyakayoḥ	नायकानाम् nāyakānām
Locative	नायके nāyake	नायकयोः nāyakayoḥ	नायकेषु nāyakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• नायकाधिप (nāyakādhipa)

Descendants

• → Bengali: নায়ক (naẏok) (learned)
• → Hindi: नायक (nāyak) (learned)
• → Old Javanese: nāyaka (“chief, leader, commander”)
  • Javanese: ꦤꦪꦏ (nayaka, “leader, adviser, minister”)
    • → Malay: nayaka (“minister”)

      Indonesian: nayaka (“minister”)

• → Tamil: நாயகன் (nāyakaṉ) (learned)
• → Telugu: నాయకుడు (nāyakuḍu) (learned)
• → Portuguese: naique

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नायक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 536.