गायक

See also: गायिका

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गायक (gāyaka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː.jək/, [ɡäː.jɐk]

Noun

गायक • (gāyak) m (feminine गायिका, Urdu spelling گایک)

1. singer

Declension

Declension of गायक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गायक gāyak	गायक gāyak
oblique	गायक gāyak	गायकों gāyakõ
vocative	गायक gāyak	गायको gāyako

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गायक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गायक (gāyaka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.jək/

Noun

गायक • (gāyak) m (feminine गायिका)

1. singer

Declension

Declension of गायक (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	गायक gāyak
direct plural	गायक gāyak
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	गायक gāyak		गायक gāyak
oblique सामान्यरूप	गायका gāyakā		गायकां- gāyakān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	गायकाला gāyakālā		गायकांना gāyakānnā
ergative	गायकाने, गायकानं gāyakāne, gāyakāna		गायकांनी gāyakānnī
instrumental	गायकाशी gāyakāśī		गायकांशी gāyakānśī
locative सप्तमी	गायकात gāyakāt		गायकांत gāyakāt
vocative संबोधन	गायका gāyakā		गायकांनो gāyakānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of गायक (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	गायकाचा gāyakāċā	गायकाचे gāyakāċe	गायकाची gāyakācī	गायकाच्या gāyakācā	गायकाचे, गायकाचं gāyakāċe, gāyakāċa	गायकाची gāyakācī	गायकाच्या gāyakācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	गायकांचा gāyakānċā	गायकांचे gāyakānċe	गायकांची gāyakāñcī	गायकांच्या gāyakāncā	गायकांचे, गायकांचं gāyakānċe, gāyakānċa	गायकांची gāyakāñcī	गायकांच्या gāyakāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

See also

• गाणे (gāṇe, “to sing, song”)
• गायन (gāyan, “singing”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “गायक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गायक”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “गायक”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press