प्राध्यापक
Hindi
Etymology
A Sanskritic formation from Sanskrit प्राधी (prādhī, “study”, root) + आपक (āpaka, “one who obtains”), probably formed by analogy with अध्यापक (adhyāpaka, “teacher”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /pɾɑːd̪ʱ.jɑː.pək/, [pɾäːd̪ʱ.jäː.pɐk]
Noun
प्राध्यापक • (prādhyāpak) m (feminine प्राध्यापिका)
- lecturer
- Synonyms: लेक्चरर (lekcarar), व्याख्याता (vyākhyātā)
- A teacher in a university; a professor.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | प्राध्यापक prādhyāpak |
प्राध्यापक prādhyāpak |
| oblique | प्राध्यापक prādhyāpak |
प्राध्यापकों prādhyāpakõ |
| vocative | प्राध्यापक prādhyāpak |
प्राध्यापको prādhyāpako |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्राध्यापक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “प्राध्यापक”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्राध्यापक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “प्राध्यापक”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House