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)
ꦮꦶꦤꦴꦪꦏ (Javanese script)
ವಿನಾಯಕ (Kannada script)
ဝိနာယက (Burmese script)
ଵିନାଯକ (Oriya script)
ꢮꢶꢥꢵꢫꢒ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆴𑆤𑆳𑆪𑆑 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖰𑖡𑖯𑖧𑖎 (Siddham script)
వినాయక (Telugu script)
ཝིནཱཡཀ (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 458052227, page 972.

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