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payak

payak is the obsolete form of paik.

Meaning of paik

Noun

paik (plural paiks)

  1. (India, historical) A foot soldier or armed attendant, in some cases holding land in exchange for military service.

See all 2 meanings of paik

Forms of payak

pluralpayaks

Questions about payak

What is payak the obsolete form of?
Payak is the obsolete form of paik.

Words near payak in the dictionary

  1. Payaguan
  2. Payaguans
  3. Payaguas
  4. Payaguá
  5. Payahan
  6. payak
  7. payaks
  8. Payakumbuh
  9. Payal
  10. payam
  11. payams

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Adapted from Wiktionary: payak (page history and authors); paik (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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