nāyaka

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka, “guide, leader, chief, lord, principal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.ja.ka/
• Rhymes: -ka
• Hyphenation: na‧ya‧ka

Noun

nāyaka

1. chief, leader, commander
2. foremost among, surpassing the others

Derived terms

• kanāyakan

 

• mūlyanāyaka
• pariwṛtanāyaka
• pranāyaka

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦤꦪꦏ (nayaka, “leader, adviser, minister”)
  • → Indonesian: nayaka (“minister”)

Further reading

• "nāyaka" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀦𑀸𑀬𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• नायक (Devanagari script)
• নাযক (Bengali script)
• නායක (Sinhalese script)
• နာယက or ၼႃယၵ (Burmese script)
• นายก or นายะกะ (Thai script)
• ᨶᩣᨿᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ນາຍກ or ນາຍະກະ or ນາຢະກະ (Lao script)
• នាយក (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄂𑄠𑄇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka).

Noun

nāyaka m

1. leader, master

Declension

Declension table of "nāyaka" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	nāyako	nāyakā
Accusative (second)	nāyakaṃ	nāyake
Instrumental (third)	nāyakena	nāyakehi or nāyakebhi
Dative (fourth)	nāyakassa or nāyakāya or nāyakatthaṃ	nāyakānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	nāyakasmā or nāyakamhā or nāyakā	nāyakehi or nāyakebhi
Genitive (sixth)	nāyakassa	nāyakānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	nāyakasmiṃ or nāyakamhi or nāyake	nāyakesu
Vocative (calling)	nāyaka	nāyakā

Descendants

• Burmese: နာယက (naya.ka.)
• Khmer: នាយក (niəyŭək)
• Thai: นายก (naa-yók)