nāyaka

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka, “guide, leader, chief, lord, principal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.ja.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ka
  • Hyphenation: na‧ya‧ka

Noun

nāyaka

  1. chief, leader, commander
  2. foremost among, surpassing the others

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦤꦪꦏ (nayaka, “leader, adviser, minister”)
    • → Malay: nayaka (“minister”)
      Indonesian: nayaka (“minister”)

Further reading

  • "nāyaka" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

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Etymology

From Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka).

Noun

nāyaka m

  1. leader, master

Declension

Declension table of "nāyaka" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)nāyakonāyakā
Accusative (second)nāyakaṃnāyake
Instrumental (third)nāyakenanāyakehi or nāyakebhi
Dative (fourth)nāyakassa or nāyakāya or nāyakatthaṃnāyakānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)nāyakasmā or nāyakamhā or nāyakānāyakehi or nāyakebhi
Genitive (sixth)nāyakassanāyakānaṃ
Locative (seventh)nāyakasmiṃ or nāyakamhi or nāyakenāyakesu
Vocative (calling)nāyakanāyakā

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