naik

See also: Naik

English

Alternative forms

• nayak, nayaka, naique, naig

Etymology

From Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka, “leader, governor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːɪk/, /ˈneɪɪk/

Noun

naik (plural naiks)

1. A lord or governor in South Asia.
2. (India, Pakistan, Nepal) An 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)

Anagrams

• Akin, Inka, Kian, akin, kain, kina

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay naik, from Classical Malay ناءيق (naik), from Old Malay nāyik. First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnaɪk̚]
• Hyphenation: na‧ik

Verb

naik

1. to climb, to ascend, to rise
2. be on the increase
3. to ride in or on something, to travel (in a vehicle)

Derived terms

• kenaikan
• menaik
• menaiki
• menaikkan
• penaikan

 

• naik apel
• naik banding
• naik benang
• naik bertabal
• naik besar
• naik cetak
• naik darah
• naik darat
• naik daun
• naik derajat
• naik geram
• naik haji
• naik hati
• naik ke darat
• naik kuda hijau
• naik marak
• naik mempelai
• naik merek
• naik mesin
• naik nobat
• naik palak
• naik pangkat
• naik pelamin
• naik pelaminan
• naik pitam
• naik raja
• naik ranjang
• naik rezeki
• naik saksi
• naik setum
• naik takhta
• naik tangan
• naik tidur
• naik turun

 

Further reading

• “naik” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Malay

Etymology

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (nāyik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naeʔ/
• IPA^(key): /naɪʔ/
• Rhymes: -aeʔ, -eʔ

Verb

naik (Jawi spelling ناءيق)

1. to climb, to ascend, to rise
2. be on the increase
3. to ride in or on something, to travel (in a vehicle)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penaik [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penaikan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• naikan-naikan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit + reduplication] (-an + redup)
• kenaikan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• menaik [agent focus] (meN-)
• menaik-menaik [agent focus + reduplication] (meN- + redup)
• menaikkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• menaiki [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• dinaik [patient focus] (di-)
• dinaikkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• dinaiki [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• ternaik [agentless action] (teR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: naik

Further reading

• “naik” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Tagalog

Noun

naik

1. suburb (or the surrounding countryside)