Naik
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈnÉ‘Ëɪk/, /ˈneɪɪk/
Origin
From Tamil.
Full definition of naik
Noun
naik
(plural naiks)- A lord or governor in South Asia.
- 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)