naik

• nayak, nayaka, naique, naig

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːɪk/, /ˈneɪɪk/

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)

• Akin, Inka, Kian, akin, kain, kina

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

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

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)

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

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

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /naeʔ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /naɪʔ/
• Rhymes: -aeʔ, -eʔ
• Rhymes: -ik

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)

• Indonesian: naik

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

naik

1. suburb (or the surrounding countryside)