naik

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑː.ɪk/, /ˈneɪ.ɪk/

Noun

naik (plural naiks)

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

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay naik, from Classical Malay ناءيق (naik), from Old Malay nāyik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: na‧ik

Verb

naik

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

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Classical Malay ناءيق (naik), possibly a reduction from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panahik (“climb”).

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

Pronunciation

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:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: naik

References

  1. ^ Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *panahik

Further reading

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaʔik/,
  • Hyphenation: na‧ik

Noun

naik (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜁᜃ᜔)

  1. suburb (or the surrounding countryside)
    Synonyms: kanugnog, karatig-pook, arabal

See also

Further reading

  • “naik” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • “naik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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