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payik

payik 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.

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Forms of payik

pluralpayiks

Questions about payik

What is payik the obsolete form of?
Payik is the obsolete form of paik.

Words near payik in the dictionary

  1. Payettes
  2. PAYG
  3. PAYGO
  4. paygrade
  5. paygrades
  6. payik
  7. payiks
  8. paying
  9. paying a visit
  10. paying attention
  11. paying back

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Adapted from Wiktionary: payik (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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