याचक

See also: याचको

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• yācaka (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑀸𑀘𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• যাচক (Bengali script)
• යාචක (Sinhalese script)
• ယာစက or ယႃၸၵ (Burmese script)
• ยาจก or ยาจะกะ (Thai script)
• ᨿᩣᨧᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍາຈກ or ຍາຈະກະ or ຢາຈະກະ (Lao script)
• យាចក (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄂𑄌𑄇 (Chakma script)

Noun

याचक m

1. Devanagari script form of yācaka (“beggar”)

Declension

Declension table of "याचक" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	याचको (yācako)	याचका (yācakā)
Accusative (second)	याचकं (yācakaṃ)	याचके (yācake)
Instrumental (third)	याचकेन (yācakena)	याचकेहि (yācakehi) or याचकेभि (yācakebhi)
Dative (fourth)	याचकस्स (yācakassa) or याचकाय (yācakāya) or याचकत्थं (yācakatthaṃ)	याचकानं (yācakānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	याचकस्मा (yācakasmā) or याचकम्हा (yācakamhā) or याचका (yācakā)	याचकेहि (yācakehi) or याचकेभि (yācakebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	याचकस्स (yācakassa)	याचकानं (yācakānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	याचकस्मिं (yācakasmiṃ) or याचकम्हि (yācakamhi) or याचके (yācake)	याचकेसु (yācakesu)
Vocative (calling)	याचक (yācaka)	याचका (yācakā)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• যাচক (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬵᬘᬓ (Balinese script)
• যাচক (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰯𑰓𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀸𑀘𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ယာစက (Burmese script)
• યાચક (Gujarati script)
• ਯਾਚਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌾𑌚𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦴꦕꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂰𑂒𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಯಾಚಕ (Kannada script)
• យាចក (Khmer script)
• ຍາຈກ (Lao script)
• യാചക (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢜᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘰𑘓𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᢋᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧑𑦳𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐵𑐔𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଯାଚକ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢵꢗꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆳𑆖𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖯𑖓𑖎 (Siddham script)
• යාචක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩛𑩡𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚭𑚏𑚊 (Takri script)
• யாசக (Tamil script)
• యాచక (Telugu script)
• ยาจก (Thai script)
• ཡཱ་ཙ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒰𑒔𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨊𑨣𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root याच् (yāc) +‎ -अक (-aka).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɑː.t͡ɕɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑː.t͡ɕɐ.kɐ/

Noun

याचक • (yācaka) stem, m

1. a petitioner, asker, beggar

Descendants

• Tamil: யாசகன் (yācakaṉ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “याचक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 850.