See नायक in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "nāyakādhipa",
"word": "नायकाधिप"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "নায়ক",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: নায়ক (naẏok) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: নায়ক (naẏok) (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "नायक",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: नायक (nāyak) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: नायक (nāyak) (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ನಾಯಕ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kannada: ನಾಯಕ (nāyaka)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kannada: ನಾಯಕ (nāyaka)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kaw",
"2": "nāyaka",
"bor": "1",
"t": "chief, leader, commander"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Javanese: nāyaka (“chief, leader, commander”)\nJavanese: ꦤꦪꦏ (nayaka, “leader, adviser, minister”)\n→ Malay: nayaka (“minister”)\nIndonesian: nayaka (“minister”)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Javanese: nāyaka (“chief, leader, commander”)\nJavanese: ꦤꦪꦏ (nayaka, “leader, adviser, minister”)\n→ Malay: nayaka (“minister”)\nIndonesian: nayaka (“minister”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "omr",
"2": "𑘡𑘰𑘧𑘎",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Marathi: 𑘡𑘰𑘧𑘎 (nāyaka)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Marathi: 𑘡𑘰𑘧𑘎 (nāyaka)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "नायक"
},
"expansion": "Marathi: नायक (nāyak)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Marathi: नायक (nāyak)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "நாயகன்",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tamil: நாயகன் (nāyakaṉ) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tamil: நாயகன் (nāyakaṉ) (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "నాయకుడు",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Telugu: నాయకుడు (nāyakuḍu) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Telugu: నాయకుడు (nāyakuḍu) (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "naique",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: naique",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: naique"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "sa",
"3": "नी"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*neyH-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "नी",
"pos": "root",
"t": "to guide, govern"
},
"expansion": "Vṛddhi derivative of नी (nī, “to guide, govern”, root)",
"name": "vrd"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "",
"3": "अक"
},
"expansion": "+ -अक (-aka)",
"name": "suf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Vṛddhi derivative of नी (nī, “to guide, govern”, root) + -अक (-aka).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nāyaka",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकः",
"roman": "nāyakaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकौ",
"roman": "nāyakau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "नायका1",
"roman": "nāyakā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकाः",
"roman": "nāyakāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकासः1",
"roman": "nāyakāsaḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकम्",
"roman": "nāyakam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकौ",
"roman": "nāyakau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "नायका1",
"roman": "nāyakā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकान्",
"roman": "nāyakān",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकेन",
"roman": "nāyakena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकाभ्याम्",
"roman": "nāyakābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकैः",
"roman": "nāyakaiḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकेभिः1",
"roman": "nāyakebhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकाय",
"roman": "nāyakāya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकाभ्याम्",
"roman": "nāyakābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकेभ्यः",
"roman": "nāyakebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकात्",
"roman": "nāyakāt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकाभ्याम्",
"roman": "nāyakābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकेभ्यः",
"roman": "nāyakebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकस्य",
"roman": "nāyakasya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकयोः",
"roman": "nāyakayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकानाम्",
"roman": "nāyakānām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "नायके",
"roman": "nāyake",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकयोः",
"roman": "nāyakayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकेषु",
"roman": "nāyakeṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "नायक",
"roman": "nāyaka",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकौ",
"roman": "nāyakau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "नायका1",
"roman": "nāyakā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकाः",
"roman": "nāyakāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकासः1",
"roman": "nāyakāsaḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "नायक • (nāyaka) stem, m",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nāyaka"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "76 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "73 27",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "71 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root नी",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "72 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अक",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "72 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit vrddhi derivatives",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"guide, leader, chief, lord, principal"
],
"id": "en-नायक-sa-noun-9svuByIH",
"links": [
[
"guide",
"guide"
],
[
"leader",
"leader"
],
[
"chief",
"chief"
],
[
"lord",
"lord"
],
[
"principal",
"principal"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit vrddhi derivatives",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"the hero or lover"
],
"id": "en-नायक-sa-noun--b85mBOT",
"links": [
[
"hero",
"hero"
],
[
"lover",
"lover"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in a drama) the hero or lover"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in a drama"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/nɑː.jɐ́.kɐ/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/n̪ɑː.jɐ.kɐ/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "नायक"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
"Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"Sanskrit lemmas",
"Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"Sanskrit masculine nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
"Sanskrit terms belonging to the root नी",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *neyH-",
"Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अक",
"Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
"Sanskrit vrddhi derivatives"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "nāyakādhipa",
"word": "नायकाधिप"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "নায়ক",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: নায়ক (naẏok) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: নায়ক (naẏok) (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "नायक",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: नायक (nāyak) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: नायक (nāyak) (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ನಾಯಕ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kannada: ನಾಯಕ (nāyaka)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kannada: ನಾಯಕ (nāyaka)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kaw",
"2": "nāyaka",
"bor": "1",
"t": "chief, leader, commander"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Javanese: nāyaka (“chief, leader, commander”)\nJavanese: ꦤꦪꦏ (nayaka, “leader, adviser, minister”)\n→ Malay: nayaka (“minister”)\nIndonesian: nayaka (“minister”)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Javanese: nāyaka (“chief, leader, commander”)\nJavanese: ꦤꦪꦏ (nayaka, “leader, adviser, minister”)\n→ Malay: nayaka (“minister”)\nIndonesian: nayaka (“minister”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "omr",
"2": "𑘡𑘰𑘧𑘎",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Marathi: 𑘡𑘰𑘧𑘎 (nāyaka)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Marathi: 𑘡𑘰𑘧𑘎 (nāyaka)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "नायक"
},
"expansion": "Marathi: नायक (nāyak)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Marathi: नायक (nāyak)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "நாயகன்",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tamil: நாயகன் (nāyakaṉ) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tamil: நாயகன் (nāyakaṉ) (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "నాయకుడు",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Telugu: నాయకుడు (nāyakuḍu) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Telugu: నాయకుడు (nāyakuḍu) (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "naique",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: naique",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: naique"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "sa",
"3": "नी"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*neyH-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "नी",
"pos": "root",
"t": "to guide, govern"
},
"expansion": "Vṛddhi derivative of नी (nī, “to guide, govern”, root)",
"name": "vrd"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "",
"3": "अक"
},
"expansion": "+ -अक (-aka)",
"name": "suf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Vṛddhi derivative of नी (nī, “to guide, govern”, root) + -अक (-aka).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nāyaka",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकः",
"roman": "nāyakaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकौ",
"roman": "nāyakau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "नायका1",
"roman": "nāyakā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकाः",
"roman": "nāyakāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकासः1",
"roman": "nāyakāsaḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकम्",
"roman": "nāyakam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकौ",
"roman": "nāyakau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "नायका1",
"roman": "nāyakā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकान्",
"roman": "nāyakān",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकेन",
"roman": "nāyakena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकाभ्याम्",
"roman": "nāyakābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकैः",
"roman": "nāyakaiḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकेभिः1",
"roman": "nāyakebhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकाय",
"roman": "nāyakāya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकाभ्याम्",
"roman": "nāyakābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकेभ्यः",
"roman": "nāyakebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकात्",
"roman": "nāyakāt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकाभ्याम्",
"roman": "nāyakābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकेभ्यः",
"roman": "nāyakebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकस्य",
"roman": "nāyakasya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकयोः",
"roman": "nāyakayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकानाम्",
"roman": "nāyakānām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "नायके",
"roman": "nāyake",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकयोः",
"roman": "nāyakayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकेषु",
"roman": "nāyakeṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "नायक",
"roman": "nāyaka",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकौ",
"roman": "nāyakau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "नायका1",
"roman": "nāyakā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकाः",
"roman": "nāyakāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "नायकासः1",
"roman": "nāyakāsaḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "नायक • (nāyaka) stem, m",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nāyaka"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"guide, leader, chief, lord, principal"
],
"links": [
[
"guide",
"guide"
],
[
"leader",
"leader"
],
[
"chief",
"chief"
],
[
"lord",
"lord"
],
[
"principal",
"principal"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the hero or lover"
],
"links": [
[
"hero",
"hero"
],
[
"lover",
"lover"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in a drama) the hero or lover"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in a drama"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/nɑː.jɐ́.kɐ/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/n̪ɑː.jɐ.kɐ/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "नायक"
}
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