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Noun [Old Javanese]

IPA: /na.ja.ka/
Rhymes: -ka Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka, “guide, leader, chief, lord, principal”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|kaw|sa|नायक|t=guide, leader, chief, lord, principal}} Borrowed from Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka, “guide, leader, chief, lord, principal”) Head templates: {{head|kaw|noun}} nāyaka
  1. chief, leader, commander
    Sense id: en-nāyaka-kaw-noun-bVP6t-oC Categories (other): Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
  2. foremost among, surpassing the others
    Sense id: en-nāyaka-kaw-noun-J8vwf7kV Categories (other): Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kanāyakan, mūlyanāyaka, pariwṛtanāyaka, pranāyaka

Noun [Pali]

Etymology: From Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka). Etymology templates: {{der|pi|sa|नायक}} Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka) Head templates: {{pi-noun|m}} nāyaka m Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=m}} Forms: masculine [table-tags], nāyako [nominative, singular], nāyakā [nominative, plural], nāyakaṃ [accusative, singular], nāyake [accusative, plural], nāyakena [instrumental, singular], nāyakehi [instrumental, plural], nāyakebhi [instrumental, plural], nāyakassa [dative, singular], nāyakāya [dative, singular], nāyakatthaṃ [dative, singular], nāyakānaṃ [dative, plural], nāyakasmā [ablative, singular], nāyakamhā [ablative, singular], nāyakā [ablative, singular], nāyakehi [ablative, plural], nāyakebhi [ablative, plural], nāyakassa [genitive, singular], nāyakānaṃ [genitive, plural], nāyakasmiṃ [locative, singular], nāyakamhi [locative, singular], nāyake [locative, singular], nāyakesu [locative, plural], nāyaka [singular, vocative], nāyakā [plural, vocative]
  1. leader, master Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-nāyaka-pi-noun-snr5Zep9 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pali entries with incorrect language header
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "nāyakānaṃ",
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      "source": "declension",
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}

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