Alternative spellings of this word include Nirnayak.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

nirnāyaka (निर्नायक).—a (S) Wanting a head or ruler.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

nirnāyaka (निर्नायक).—a Wanting a head or rule.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nirṇāyaka (निर्णायक).—a.

1) Settling, conclusive;

2) Determining.

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Nirnāyaka (निर्नायक).—a. having no leader or ruler, anarchic.

Nirnāyaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nir and nāyaka (नायक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nirṇāyaka (निर्णायक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Causing or leading to certainty, E. nir before, ṇī to guide, causal form, ṇvul aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nirnāyaka (निर्नायक).—[adjective] guideless, [abstract] tva [neuter]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Nirnāyaka (निर्नायक):—[=nir-nāyaka] [from nir > niḥ] mfn. having no leader or ruler, anarchic (as a country), [Subhāṣitāvali]

2) Nirṇāyaka (निर्णायक):—[=nir-ṇāyaka] [from nir-ṇī] mfn. settling, conclusive, [Nyāyamālā-vistara] [commentator or commentary]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nirṇāyaka (निर्णायक):—[nir-ṇāyaka] (kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a. Certifying.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nirnayaka in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Nirṇāyaka (निर्णायक) [Also spelled nirnayak]:—(nm) a judge, referee, umpire; (a) decisive/deciding; concluding.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nirṇāyaka (ನಿರ್ಣಾಯಕ):—

1) [adjective] that settles or can settle a dispute, question, etc.; conclusive; decisive.

2) [adjective] determining or closely affecting what comes next; critically important; crucial; decisive.

3) [adjective] having the quality of decision; showing determination or firmness.

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Nirṇāyaka (ನಿರ್ಣಾಯಕ):—

1) [noun] that which decides something finally.

2) [noun] a man who settles disputes.

3) [noun] a man whose decision is critically important.

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Nirnāyaka (ನಿರ್ನಾಯಕ):—[adjective] having no leader; not led by a leader.

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Nirnāyaka (ನಿರ್ನಾಯಕ):—[noun] the condition of (a team, people, army, etc.) not having a leader.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Nayaka, Nir.

Starts with: Nirnayaka-mandala, Nirnayaka-mandala, Nirnayakam, Nirnayakamalakara, Nirnayakamata, Nirnayakara, Nirnayakatana, Nirnayakatva, Nirnayakaumudi, Nirnayakaustubha.

Ends with: Abhinirnayaka, Adhinirnayaka, Anirnayaka, Dharmanirnayaka, Nyayanirnayaka, Paramapadanirnayaka, Vinirnayaka.

Full-text: Nirnayi, Nirnayakam, Nirnayakatva, Nirnaayak-mandal, Nirnayaki, Paramapadanirnayaka, Nirnayak.

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