# आचार्य
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɑː.t͡ʃɑːɾ.jᵊ/, [äː.t͡ʃäːɾ.jᵊ]

### Noun

आचार्य • (ācārya) m (Urdu spelling آچاریہ)
* (Hinduism, Buddhism) teacher, scholar

#### Related terms

* आचार्या (ācāryā)

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.t͡ɕaɾ.jə/

### Noun

आचार्य • (ācārya) ?
* religious teacher; guru
* superintendent of a high school

#### References

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

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* আচাৰ্য (Assamese script)
* ᬆᬘᬵᬃᬬ (Balinese script)
* আচার্য (Bengali script)
* 𑰁𑰓𑰯𑰨𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀆𑀘𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* အာစာရျ (Burmese script)
* આચાર્ય (Gujarati script)
* ਆਚਾਰ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌆𑌚𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦴꦕꦴꦫꦾ (Javanese script)
* 𑂄𑂒𑂰𑂩𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ಆಚಾರ್ಯ (Kannada script)
* អាចាយ៌ (Khmer script)
* ອາຈາຣ຺ຍ (Lao script)
* ആചാര്യ (Malayalam script)
* ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢜᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘁𑘓𑘰𑘨𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠠᢗᢋᠠᢗᠷᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦡𑦳𑧑𑧈𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐁𑐔𑐵𑐬𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
* ଆଚାର୍ଯ (Odia script)
* ꢃꢗꢵꢬ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆄𑆖𑆳𑆫𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖁𑖓𑖯𑖨𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
* ආචාර්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩛𑩡𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚁𑚏𑚭𑚤𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
* ஆசார்ய (Tamil script)
* ఆచార్య (Telugu script)
* อาจารฺย (Thai script)
* ཨཱ་ཙཱ་རྱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒂𑒔𑒰𑒩𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨊𑨣𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɑː.t͡ɕɑːɾ.jɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɑːˈt͡ɕɑːɾ.jɐ/

### Noun

आचार्य • (ācārya) stem, m
* ‘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)

#### Descendants

* 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)
* → Malayalam: ആചാര്യ (ācārya)
* → Marathi: आचार्य (ācārya) (learned)
* → Old Javanese: ācārya
* → Old Javanese: ajar
** > Javanese: ꦲꦗꦂ (ajar) (inherited)
*** → Indonesian: hajar
** >? Classical Malay: اجر (ajar)
*** > Malay: ajar (inherited)
**** > Ambonese Malay: ajar (inherited)
**** > Indonesian: ajar (inherited)
**** → Iban: ajar
* → Old Khmer: ʼācāryya, អាចាយ៌្យ
** Khmer: អាចារ្យ (ʼaacaa)
** → Thai: อาจารย์ (aa-jaan)
* → Tamil: ஆசிரியர் (āciriyar)
* → Telugu: ఆచార్యుడు (ācāryuḍu)
* → Tocharian B: aśari

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “आचार्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 131/3.
* ↑ Sanskrit and Indian Studies: Essays in Honour of Daniel H.H. Ingalls. (2012). Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.