Naik (Nk; sometimes historically spelled ''nayak'') is an
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is a four- ...
,
Pakistan Army and
Bangladesh Police
The Bangladesh Police ( bn, বাংলাদেশ পুলিশ) of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a law enforcement agency, operating under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It plays a crucial role in maintaining peace, and enforcemen ...
rank equivalent to
corporal
Corporal is a military rank in use in some form by many militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations. The word is derived from the medieval Italian phrase ("head of a body"). The rank is usually the lowest ranking non ...
.
In Tamil, the word naik was used to indicate a lord or governor prior to its use as an equivalent to corporal in
British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...
.
The rank was previously used in the
British Indian Army and the Camel Corps, ranking between
lance naik and
havildar
Havildar or havaldar ( Hindustani: or (Devanagari), (Perso-Arabic)) is a rank in the Indian, Pakistani and Nepalese armies, equivalent to sergeant. It is not used in cavalry units, where the equivalent is daffadar.
Like a British sergeant, ...
. In cavalry units, the equivalent is
lance daffadar
Lance daffadar is the equivalent rank to corporal in Pakistan, Indian and British Indian Army cavalry units, ranking between acting lance daffadar and daffadar. In other units the equivalent is naik. Like a British corporal, a lance daffadar wears ...
. Like a British corporal, a naik wears two rank
chevron
Chevron (often relating to V-shaped patterns) may refer to:
Science and technology
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* Chevron (anatomy), a bone
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* Chevron (geology), a fold in rock ...
s.
See also
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Army ranks and insignia of India
Indian Army Ranks can be broadly classified into three categories: Commissioned Officers, Junior Commissioned Officers and Other Ranks.
These ranks generally correspond with those of the British Indian Army. Traditional names for ranks are sti ...
*
Army ranks and insignia of Pakistan
The Pakistan Army ranks and insignia are the military insignia used by the Pakistan Army. Being a former Dominion, Pakistan shares a rank structure similar to that of the British Army.
Commissioned officer ranks
The rank insignia of commissione ...
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Military ranks of British India
Military ranks of Pakistan
Military ranks of the Indian Army
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