نایك

नायक nāyak, vulg. nā`ik, s.m. (f. -ikā), Guide, leader, conductor, chief, principal; headman, foreman, overseer (of labourers); head of a caravan; a native officer of the lowest rank (corresponding to the English 'corporal'); (in dramatic or amatory comp.) the man, husband, lover; the hero (of a drama or poem);—a person well conversant in dancing and singing; the conductor or leader of a band of musicians;—the central or chief gem (of a necklace):—nāyak-wār, adj. Under the authority of a nāyak.