sainik
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hindi सैनिक (sainik), from Sanskrit सैनिक (sainika).
Noun
[edit]sainik (plural sainiks)
- (India) A soldier.
- 2013, Vaibhav Purandare, Bal Thackeray & The Rise of the Shiv Sena:
- Sainiks have forcibly shut down the whole of Mumbai any number of times over the last four decades, for one reason or another.
- 2016 June 18, “Pakistan may disrupt Amarnath Yatra, J&K deputy CM says”, in The Times of India[1]:
- "As far as the sainik colony is concerned, this demand is not coming from ex-servicemen from other parts of the country.