विनायक

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ᬯᬶᬦᬵᬬᬓ (Balinese script)
ৱিনাযক (Assamese script)
বিনাযক (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰰𑰡𑰯𑰧𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀺𑀦𑀸𑀬𑀓 (Brahmi script)
𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌾𑌯𑌕 (Grantha script)
વિનાયક (Gujarati script)
ਵਿਨਾਯਕ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦮꦶꦤꦴꦪꦏ (Javanese script)
វិនាយក (Khmer script)
ವಿನಾಯಕ (Kannada script)
ວິນາຍກ (Lao script)
വിനായക (Malayalam script)
𑘪𑘱𑘡𑘰𑘧𑘎 (Modi script)
ᠸᢈᠨᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
ᠸᡳᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
ဝိနာယက (Burmese script)
𑧊𑧒𑧁𑧑𑧇𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐶𑐣𑐵𑐫𑐎 (Newa script)
ଵିନାଯକ (Oriya script)
ꢮꢶꢥꢵꢫꢒ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆴𑆤𑆳𑆪𑆑 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖰𑖡𑖯𑖧𑖎 (Siddham script)
විනායක (Sinhalese script)
వినాయక (Telugu script)
วินายก (Thai script)
ཝི་ནཱ་ཡ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒱𑒢𑒰𑒨𑒏 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From विनी (vinī).

Adjective

विनायक • (vināyaka)

taking away, removing

Noun

विनायक • (vināyaka) m

a leader, guide
(Hinduism) Remover of obstacles, Name of Ganesha

Descendants

Telugu: వినాయకుడు (vināyakuḍu)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “विनायक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 972.

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