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Nayak vs Naik - What's the difference?

nayak | naik |

As nouns the difference between nayak and naik

is that nayak is a member of a Muslim Rajput community in the state of Gujarat in India while naik is a lord or governor in South Asia.

As a proper noun Nayak

is {{surname|from=India}.

nayak

English

(wikipedia Nayak)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A member of a Muslim Rajput community in the state of Gujarat in India.
  • A member of a Hindu caste found in the states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in India.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)

    • naik

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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)

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