Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An Indian title of nobility; also, a lord, prince, or governor.
  • noun A military officer; in later use, a corporal of native infantry.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A chief; a leader; a Sepoy corporal.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A lord or governor in South Asia.
  • noun An officer (equivalent to corporal) in a corps of Indian or Nepalese soldiers.

Etymologies

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From Tamil.

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Examples

  • Dia mengatakan itu "siap sekali lagi untuk rally, dan kualitas berikutnya bergerak naik akan sekali lagi memberikan petunjuk yang lebih baik untuk kesehatan pasar keseluruhan."

    ANTARA - Berita Terkini 2009

  • Today at 17: 10.19 (3 hours ago) 1. malapetaka akibat ketidaktahuan berekonomi oleh dolla dan rakan rakan telah berlaku. jangan harap harga makanan yang telah naik akan turun walaupun dolla akan turun sepertimana diketahui umum …

    Planet Malaysia 2008

  • Today at 17: 10.19 (4 hours ago) 1. malapetaka akibat ketidaktahuan berekonomi oleh dolla dan rakan rakan telah berlaku. jangan harap harga makanan yang telah naik akan turun walaupun dolla akan turun sepertimana diketahui umum …

    Lim Kit Siang 2008

  • For the Manchurian Gravy Recipe, vegetarians can omit the egg and replace it with Eno, this will surely make the batter "naik", I replaced the French beans with Sweet beans, the cabbage with leftover from lunch and I reduced the amount of salt for both the gravy and the fry-moulds.

    Vegetable Manchurian Gravy 2007

  • Kalau tidak naik, berisiko tidak memperoleh PSD, tetapi kalau naik akan membebani masyarakat, "katanya.

    ANTARA - Berita Terkini 2008

  • Peringkatnya naik dalam daftar hitam pembajakan software, kalo dulu Watch List sekarang Priority Watch List.

    Global Voices in English » Indonesia: Battle over Intellectual Property Rights 2009

  • While I'd been by myself, as I say, I'd even been thinking in Pushtu, but here I had to hold on tight and remember what I was meant to be - for one thing, I wasn't used to being addressed in familiar terms by native soldiers, much less ordered about by an officious naik* (* Corporal.) who'd normally have leaped to attention if I'd so much as looked in his direction.

    Fiancée 2010

  • It was easy enough soldiering, and I quickly won golden opinions from my naik and jemadar* for the speed and intelligence with which I appeared to learn my duties.

    Fiancée 2010

  • March 18, 2009 di gurun aku naik kuda impian menuju langit lewat buku yang kubuka kemarin dulu di perpustakaan

    Jalan ke gurun Carlford 2009

  • The ever so efficient system in place walaupun 50 ribu lebih orang keluar serentak untuk naik keretapi yang sama tapi tak sampai 30 minit, traffic dah lega.

    kieli Diary Entry kieli 2008

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