nayaka
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]nayaka (plural nayakas)
- Alternative form of naik
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nayaka (first-person possessive nayakaku, second-person possessive nayakamu, third-person possessive nayakanya)
- (archaic) minister: a politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service).
- Synonym: menteri
Further reading
[edit]- “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.
Javanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]nayaka
- Romanization of ꦤꦪꦏ
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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).
Noun
[edit]nayaka (Jawi spelling نياک, plural nayaka-nayaka, informal 1st possessive nayakaku, 2nd possessive nayakamu, 3rd possessive nayakanya)
- (archaic) minister: a politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service).
- Synonym: menteri
References
[edit]- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “nayaka”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 167
Further reading
[edit]- “nayaka” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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