नायक

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɑː.jək/,

Noun

नायक • (nāyak) m

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

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

guide, leader, chief, lord, principal
(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.

नायक

Contents

Hindi

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

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