acharya

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ācāra (“discipline and tradition”) Sanskrit ārya (“honourable and reverend”) Sanskrit ācārya (“discipline perceiving reverend”)

Noun

acharya (plural acharyas) (female equivalent acharyani)

• (historical,rare) an individual who practices or is knowledgeable on any of the prevalent disciplines of customs, learning, rituals, arts, traditions, schools etc., especially one imparting them into pupils.
• (historical,rare) a scholar, practitioner, professional, specialist, disciplinarian imparting knowledge.

Translations

Disciplinarian, Scholar, Academic, Expert, Specialist.

• Hindi: आचार्य (hi) m (ācārya)
• Hungarian: ácsárja
• Portuguese: acharya m

• Telugu: ఆచార్యుడు (te) (ācāryuḍu)
• Urdu: آچاریہ‎ m (ācārya)