आचार्य
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɑː.t͡ʃɑːɾ.jᵊ/, [äː.t͡ʃäːɾ.jᵊ]
Noun
आचार्य • (ācārya) m (Urdu spelling آچاریہ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | आचार्य ācārya |
आचार्य ācārya |
| oblique | आचार्य ācārya |
आचार्यों ācāryõ |
| vocative | आचार्य ācārya |
आचार्यो ācāryo |
Related terms
- आचार्या (ācāryā)
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.t͡ɕaɾ.jə/
Noun
आचार्य • (ācārya) ?
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “आचार्य”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 8
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- আচাৰ্য (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬘᬵᬃᬬ (Balinese script)
- আচার্য (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰓𑰯𑰨𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀘𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- အာစာရျ (Burmese script)
- આચાર્ય (Gujarati script)
- ਆਚਾਰ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌚𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦕꦴꦫꦾ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂒𑂰𑂩𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಚಾರ್ಯ (Kannada script)
- អាចាយ៌ (Khmer script)
- ອາຈາຣ຺ຍ (Lao script)
- ആചാര്യ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᢜᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘓𑘰𑘨𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᢋᠠᢗᠷᠶᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑦳𑧑𑧈𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐔𑐵𑐬𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
- ଆଚାର୍ଯ (Odia script)
- ꢃꢗꢵꢬ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆖𑆳𑆫𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖓𑖯𑖨𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
- ආචාර්ය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑩡𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚏𑚭𑚤𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
- ஆசார்ய (Tamil script)
- ఆచార్య (Telugu script)
- อาจารฺย (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་ཙཱ་རྱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒔𑒰𑒩𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨣𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
आचार (ācāra, “conduct, behavior”) + -य (-ya, “gerundive suffix”), literally “of rules and conduct”.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑː.t͡ɕɑːɾ.jɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɑː.t͡ɕɑːɾ.jɐ/
Noun
आचार्य • (ācārya) stem, m
- ‘knowing or teaching the rules’; a spiritual guide or teacher (especially one who invests the student with the sacrificial thread, and instructs him in the Vedas, in the law of sacrifice and religious mysteries)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | आचार्यः (ācāryaḥ) | आचार्यौ (ācāryau) आचार्या¹ (ācāryā¹) |
आचार्याः (ācāryāḥ) आचार्यासः¹ (ācāryāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | आचार्यम् (ācāryam) | आचार्यौ (ācāryau) आचार्या¹ (ācāryā¹) |
आचार्यान् (ācāryān) |
| instrumental | आचार्येण (ācāryeṇa) | आचार्याभ्याम् (ācāryābhyām) | आचार्यैः (ācāryaiḥ) आचार्येभिः¹ (ācāryebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | आचार्याय (ācāryāya) | आचार्याभ्याम् (ācāryābhyām) | आचार्येभ्यः (ācāryebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | आचार्यात् (ācāryāt) | आचार्याभ्याम् (ācāryābhyām) | आचार्येभ्यः (ācāryebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | आचार्यस्य (ācāryasya) | आचार्ययोः (ācāryayoḥ) | आचार्याणाम् (ācāryāṇām) |
| locative | आचार्ये (ācārye) | आचार्ययोः (ācāryayoḥ) | आचार्येषु (ācāryeṣu) |
| vocative | आचार्य (ācārya) | आचार्यौ (ācāryau) आचार्या¹ (ācāryā¹) |
आचार्याः (ācāryāḥ) आचार्यासः¹ (ācāryāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
Borrowed terms
- → Chinese: 阿闍梨 / 阿阇梨 (āshélí) (phono-semantic matching)
- → Bengali: আচার্য (acarjo) (learned)
- → Burmese: ဆရာ (hca.ra)
- → Hindustani: ācārya
- Hindi: आचार्य
- Urdu: آچَاریَ (ācārya)
- → Thai: อาจารย์ (aa-jaan)
- → Lao: ອາຈານ (ʼā chān)
- → Malayalam: ആചാര്യ (ācārya)
- → Marathi: आचार्य (ācārya) (learned)
- → Old Javanese: ācārya
- → Old Javanese: ajar
- → Old Khmer: ʼācāryya, អាចាយ៌្យ
- → Tamil: ஆசிரியர் (āciriyar)
- → Telugu: ఆచార్యుడు (ācāryuḍu)
- → Tocharian B: aśari
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “आचार्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 131/3.
- ^ Sanskrit and Indian Studies: Essays in Honour of Daniel H.H. Ingalls. (2012). Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.