different between naik vs haik

English

Alternative forms

• nayak, nayaka

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (n?yaka, “leader, governor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n???k/, /?ne??k/

Noun

naik (plural naiks)

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, Inka, Kian, akin, kain, kina

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay naik, from Classical Malay [Term?], from Old Malay n?yik. First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription.

Verb

naik

1. to climb, to ascend, to rise
2. be on the increase
3. to ride in or on something, to travel (in a vehicle)

Malay

Verb

naik

1. to climb, to ascend, to rise
2. be on the increase
3. to ride in or on something, to travel (in a vehicle)

Tagalog

Noun

naik

1. suburb (or the surrounding countryside)

English

Alternative forms

• haick
• hayk

Etymology

From Arabic ?????

Noun

haik (plural haiks)

1. A covering for the head and body worn by Arabs.
   • 1809, James Grey Jackson, An Account of the Empire of Marocco, VI:

     Woollen hayks for garments are manufactured here of a curious texture, extremely light and fine, called El Haik Filelly.

References

• Oxford English Reference 1996

Anagrams

• Kiha, akhi