सहायक

सहायक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सहायक (sahāyaka), equivalent to सहाय (sahāy, “helping, helper”) +‎ -क (-ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.ɦɑː.jək/

Adjective

सहायक • (sahāyak)

1. assisting, assistant

   मैं एक समाचार-पत्र का सहायक संपादक हूँ।

   ma͠i ek samācār-patra kā sahāyak sampādak hū̃.

   I am an assistant editor of a newspaper.

   Synonym: सहायी (sahāyī)

2. auxiliary, supporting, lesser

Noun

सहायक • (sahāyak) m

1. assistant, an auxiliary
2. a tributary

   Synonym: उपनदी (upandī)

Declension

Declension of सहायक
	Singular	Plural
Direct	सहायक (sahāyak)	सहायक (sahāyak)
Oblique	सहायक (sahāyak)	सहायकों (sahāyakõ)
Vocative	सहायक (sahāyak)	सहायको (sahāyako)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सहायक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 996