Meaning of naik | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname from Hindi.
2. A lord or governor in South Asia.
3. A non-commissioned officer equivalent to corporal in a corps of Indian, Pakistani or Nepalese soldiers.
   India, Nepal, Pakistan

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Examples

“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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