paik
paik noun: a foot soldier or armed attendant, in some cases holding land in exchange for military service.
Noun
paik (plural paiks)
- A foot soldier or armed attendant, in some cases holding land in exchange for military service.
Proper noun capitalized: Paik
Paik (plural Paiks)
- A surname from Korean.
paik meaning in Assamese
paik in Assamese
- paik, adult and able males in Ahom kingdom who were obligated to render service to the state and form its militia in return for a piece of land for cultivation owned by the kingdom
- পাইক paik
Forms of paik
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | paiks |
| alternative form | paick |
| alternative form | payak |
| alternative form | payik |
| alternative form | pyke |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Paiks |
Origin of paik
Sanskrit [Term?]
Variant of Baek.
Questions about paik
- What does paik mean?
- Paik means a foot soldier or armed attendant, in some cases holding land in exchange for military service.
- What is paik in Assamese?
- Paik in Assamese is পাইক (paik). See Paik meaning in Assamese.
- What part of speech is paik?
- Paik can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of paik?
- The plural of paik is paiks.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: paik (page history and authors); Paik (page history and authors); পাইক (Assamese) (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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