# naik
## English
### Alternative forms

* nayak, nayaka, naique, naig

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɑː.ɪk/, /ˈneɪ.ɪk/

### Noun

naik (plural naiks)
* A lord or governor in South Asia.
* (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)

### Anagrams

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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay naik, from Classical Malay ناءيق (naik), from Old Malay nāyik.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnaɪk̚]
* Hyphenation: na‧ik

### Verb

naik (intransitive, does not take voice prefixes)
* to climb, to ascend, to rise
    Antonym: turun
* be on the increase
    Antonym: turun
* to ride in or on something, to travel (in a vehicle)

#### Derived terms

* kenaikan
* menaik
* menaiki
* menaikkan
* penaikan
* naik apel
* naik banding
* naik benang
* naik bertabal
* naik besar
* naik cetak
* naik darah
* naik darat
* naik daun
* naik derajat
* naik geram
* naik haji
* naik hati
* naik ke darat
* naik kuda hijau
* naik marak
* naik mempelai
* naik merek
* naik mesin
* naik nobat
* naik palak
* naik pangkat
* naik pelamin
* naik pelaminan
* naik pitam
* naik raja
* naik ranjang
* naik rezeki
* naik saksi
* naik setum
* naik takhta
* naik tangan
* naik tidur
* naik turun

### Further reading

* “naik” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Malay
### Etymology

From Classical Malay ناءيق (naik), possibly a reduction from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panahik (“climb”).
First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (nāyik).

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /naeʔ/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /naɪʔ/
* Rhymes: -aeʔ, -eʔ
* Rhymes: -ik

### Verb

naik (Jawi spelling ناءيق)
* to climb, to ascend, to rise
* be on the increase
* to ride in or on something, to travel (in a vehicle)

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* penaik [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* penaikan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
* naikan-naikan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit + reduplication] (-an + redup)
* kenaikan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
* menaik [agent focus] (meN-)
* menaik-menaik [agent focus + reduplication] (meN- + redup)
* menaikkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* menaiki [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
* dinaik [patient focus] (di-)
* dinaikkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
* dinaiki [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
* ternaik [agentless action] (teR-)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: naik

### References

* ↑ Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *panahik

### Further reading

* “naik” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈnaʔik/ [ˈn̪aː.ʔɪk̚]
* Rhymes: -aʔik
* Syllabification: na‧ik

### Noun

naik (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜁᜃ᜔)
* suburb (or the surrounding countryside)
    Synonyms: kanugnog, karatig-pook, arabal

#### Related terms

* Naic

#### See also

* panhik

### Further reading

* “naik”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “naik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* kina, kain, akin