[Skt.] n. A leader. sresthudu. A chief, adhipati. kathanayakudu the hero of a poem or story. nayika nayika. n. The heroine. nayankaramu or nayakaramunayam-karamu. (nayakudu+karamu.) n. The rank or office of a Naik or headman, chiefdom, lordship. adhipatyamu. nayakavadi or nayakavali nayaka-vadi. n. The police force. The militia,kattubadivandlu. uri bantrotulu. A Government peon who has to look after cultivation operations, sedyapupanulanu paramarikacese divanapubantu. nayadu or nayudu nayadu. n. A chief. A title borne by men of a certain Sudra caste.