वाचक a. [वच्-ण्वुल्]
1 Speaking, declaring, explanatory.
2 Expressing, signifying, denoting directly (as a word, distinguished from लाक्षणिक and व्यंजक); साक्षात्सकेतितं योर्थमभिधत्ते स वाचकः K. P. 2.
3 Verbal.
−कः
1 A speaker.
2 A reader.
3 A significant word.
4 A messenger.
−Comp.
−पदं a significant word.