Naik

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnɑːɪk/, /ˈneɪɪk/

Origin

From Tamil.

Full definition of naik

Noun

1. A lord or governor in South Asia.
2. An officer (equivalent to corporal) in a corps of Indian 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
• Kian
• kina