naik
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents |
English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Tamil.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈnɑːɪk/, /ˈneɪɪk/
Noun [edit]
naik (plural naiks)
- A lord or governor in South Asia.
- An officer (equivalent to corporal) in a corps of Indian 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)
