naikとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka, “leader, governor”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈnɑː.ɪk/, /ˈneɪ.ɪk/

名詞

naik (plural naiks)

1. A lord or governor in South Asia.
2. (India, Pakistan, Nepal) A non-commissioned officer equivalent to corporal in a corps of Indian, Pakistani 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)

アナグラム

• akin, kain, Kian, Akin, Kain, a-kin, Inka, a kin, kina