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hayk

hayk is the alternative form of haik.

Meaning of haik

Noun

haik (plural haiks)

  1. A covering for the head and body worn by Arabs.
    • Woollen hayks for garments are manufactured here of a curious texture, extremely light and fine, called El Haik Filelly.1809, James Grey Jackson, An Account of the Empire of Marocco, section VI

Proper noun capitalized: Hayk

Hayk

  1. (Armenian) The legendary patriarch and founder of the Armenian nation.
  2. A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Հայկ (Hayk).

Forms of hayk

Noun
pluralhayks
Proper noun
alternative formHaig
alternative formHaik

Origin of hayk

From Armenian Հայկ (Hayk).

Questions about hayk

What does hayk mean?
Hayk means the legendary patriarch and founder of the Armenian nation.
What is hayk the alternative form of?
Hayk is the alternative form of haik.
What part of speech is hayk?
Hayk is a proper noun.

Words near hayk in the dictionary

  1. Hayim
  2. haying
  3. haying time
  4. haying times
  5. hayings
  6. hayk
  7. haykal
  8. haykals
  9. hayks
  10. Haylaan
  11. haylage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hayk (page history and authors); Hayk (page history and authors); haik (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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