different between naik vs naif

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

• naïf

Etymology

From French naïf.

Adjective

naif (comparative naifer, superlative naifest)

1. Naive.

Noun

naif (plural naifs)

1. One who is naive.

Translations

Anagrams

• Fain, an if, fain, fina

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French naïf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na.if/

Adjective

naif (plural naifs)

1. naive

Turkish

Etymology

From French naïf, from Latin nativus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.if/
• Hyphenation: na?if

Adjective

naif (comparative daha naif, superlative en naif)

1. naive

Declension