अध्यापक

Borrowed from Sanskrit अध्यापक (adhyāpaka).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /əd̪ʱ.jɑː.pək/, [əd̪ʱ.jäː.pək]

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अध्यापक • (adhyāpak) m (feminine अध्यापिका, Urdu spelling ادھیاپک‎)

1. teacher

   Synonyms: उस्ताद (ustād), आचार्य (ācārya), शिक्षक (śikṣak), गुरु (guru)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अध्यापक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “अध्यापक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

• अद्यापक (adyāpaka)

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• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐdʱ.jɑː.pɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐd̪ʱˈjɑː.pɐ.kɐ/

अध्यापक • (adhyāpaka) m

1. teacher, professor

   अहं अध्यापकः अस्मि। ― ahaṃ adhyāpakaḥ asmi. ― I am a teacher.

   अध्यापकः इदानीम् आगमिष्यति। ― adhyāpakaḥ idānīm āgamiṣyati. ― The teacher will come now.

   गणितस्य अध्यापकः अस्ति वा पश्यतु। ― gaṇitasya adhyāpakaḥ asti vā paśyatu. ― See if the maths teacher is there.

   Synonyms: आचार्य (ācārya), गुरु (guru), शिक्षक (śikṣaka)

2. coach, trainer, instructor
3. preceptor, guru

   Synonyms: आचार्य (ācārya), गुरु (guru)