Naik (military rank)

Naik
Indian and Pakistani rank insignia
Country India
 Pakistan
Service branchArmy
AbbreviationNk
Rank groupEnlisted rank
Next higher rankHavildar
Next lower rankLance naik
Equivalent ranksCorporal

Naik (Nk; sometimes historically spelled nayak) is an Indian Army and Pakistan Army rank equivalent to corporal.[1] The rank was previously used in the Indian Army during the Raj and the Camel Corps, ranking between lance naik and havildar. In cavalry units, the equivalent is lance daffadar. Like a British corporal, a naik wears two rank chevrons.

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Naik" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.