nayaka

== English == === Noun === nayaka (plural nayakas) Alternative form of naik. == Indonesian == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): [naˈjaka] Hyphenation: na‧ya‧ka === Noun === nayaka (plural nayaka-nayaka) (archaic) minister: a politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service) Synonym: menteri === Further reading === “nayaka”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Javanese == === Romanization === nayaka romanization of ꦤꦪꦏ == Malay == === Etymology === 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 === nayaka (Jawi spelling نياک, plural nayaka-nayaka or nayaka2) (archaic) minister: a politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service). Synonym: menteri === References === Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “nayaka”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 167 === Further reading === "nayaka" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017