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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi सैनिक (sainik), from Sanskrit सैनिक (sainika).
Noun
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:"As far as the sainik colony is concerned, this demand is not coming from ex-servicemen from other parts of the country.
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