आचार्य

Borrowed from Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.t͡ʃɑːɾ.jᵊ/, [äː.t͡ʃäːɾ.jᵊ]

आचार्य • (ācārya) m (Urdu spelling آچاریہ)

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) teacher, scholar

• आचार्या (ācāryā)

Inherited from Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya).

• IPA^(key): /a.t͡ɕaɾ.jə/

आचार्य • (ācārya) ?

1. religious teacher; guru
2. superintendent of a high school

• Berntsen, Maxine, “आचार्य”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 8.

आचार (ācāra, “conduct, behavior”) +‎ -य (-ya, “gerundive suffix”), literally “of rules and conduct”.[1]

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.t͡ɕɑːɾ.jɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈt͡ɕɑːɾ.jɐ/

आचार्य • (ācārya) stem, m

1. ‘knowing or teaching the rules’; a spiritual guide or teacher (especially one who invests the student with the sacrificial thread, and instructs him in the Vedas, in the law of sacrifice and religious mysteries)

• Pali: ācariya
  • → Burmese: အာစရိယ (aca.ri.ya.)
  • → Khmer: អាចរិយ (ʼaacaʼreyaʼ)
• Prakrit: 𑀆𑀬𑀭𑀺𑀬 (āyariya)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: އެދުރު (eduru)
      • Sinhalese: ඇදුරු (æduru)

Borrowed terms

• → Chinese: 阿闍梨／阿阇梨 (āshélí) (phono-semantic matching)
• → Bengali: আচার্য (acarjo) (learned)
• → Burmese: ဆရာ (hca.ra)
• → Hindustani: ācārya
  • Hindi: आचार्य
  • Urdu: آچَاریَ (ācārya)
• → Thai: อาจารย์ (aa-jaan)
• → Lao: ອາຈານ (ʼā chān)
• → Malay: ajar
  • Indonesian: ajar
• → Malayalam: ആചാര്യ (ācārya)
• → Marathi: आचार्य (ācārya) (learned)
• → Old Khmer: ʼācāryya, អាចាយ៌្យ
  • Khmer: អាចារ្យ (ʼaacaa)
  • → Thai: อาจารย์ (aa-jaan)
• → Tamil: ஆசிரியர் (āciriyar)
• → Telugu: ఆచార్యుడు (ācāryuḍu)
• → Tocharian B: aśari

• Monier Williams (1899) “आचार्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 131/3.