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nayaka

nayaka is the alternative form of naik.

Meaning of naik

Noun

naik (plural naiks)

  1. A lord or governor in South Asia.
  2. (India, Nepal, Pakistan) A non-commissioned officer equivalent to corporal in a corps of Indian, Pakistani or Nepalese soldiers.
    • 1888: Also, he had to keep his temper … especially once when he was abused by a Naik he had himself recruited from Isser Jang village — Rudyard Kipling, ‘Miss Youghal's Sais’, Plain Tales from the Hills (Folio Society 2007, p. 26)

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Forms of nayaka

pluralnayakas

Questions about nayaka

What is nayaka the alternative form of?
Nayaka is the alternative form of naik.

Words near nayaka in the dictionary

  1. naya paisas
  2. nayab
  3. nayabs
  4. Nayagarh
  5. nayak
  6. nayaka
  7. nayakas
  8. nayaks
  9. Nayan
  10. Nayar
  11. Nayarit

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