nayaka

nayaka (plural nayakas)

1. Alternative form of naik.

From Malay nayaka Borrowed from Javanese ꦤꦪꦏ (nayaka, “leader, adviser, minister”), from Old Javanese nāyaka (“chief, leader, commander; foremost among, surpassing the others”), from Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka, “leader, governor”).

• IPA^(key): [naˈjaka]
• Hyphenation: na‧ya‧ka

nayaka (plural nayaka-nayaka)

1. (archaic) minister: a politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service)

   Synonym: menteri

• “nayaka” 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.

nayaka

1. romanization of ꦤꦪꦏ

Borrowed from Javanese ꦤꦪꦏ (nayaka, “leader, adviser, minister”), from Old Javanese nāyaka (“chief, leader, commander; foremost among, surpassing the others”), from Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka, “leader, governor”). Cognate with Thai นายก (naa-yók).

nayaka (Jawi spelling نياک, plural nayaka-nayaka)

1. (archaic) minister: a politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service).

   Synonym: menteri

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “nayaka”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 167

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