Word history
Wiktionary records पाठक (pāṭhak) as a Hindi surname. The entry identifies Sanskrit pāṭhaka as the source of the surname word. Monier-Williams gives reader or reciter as the literal sense and separately lists teaching uses. पाठक preserves the aspirated consonant represented by th in Latin letters. The occupational vocabulary explains the word and does not certify the work or education of an individual.
Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Hindi entry, etymology and surname sense · Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword pāṭhaka, page 615, column 2, entry L121400
Literal dictionary sense
Native-script forms
Sources and attribution
- Wiktionary contributors · Hindi entry, etymology and surname sense
- Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword pāṭhaka, page 615, column 2, entry L121400
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