Nayak
Nayak may refer to:
Ethnic groups
- Nayak caste, a caste found in India
- Nayak, another name for the Charodi (community) of Karnataka, India
- Nayakas, a name for the Kattunayakan community of Tamil Nadu, India
People
- Bangaru Thirumalai Nayak, a member of the Madurai Nayak royal family
- Daya Nayak, Indian police inspector
- Ghanashyam Nayak, Indian film and television actor
- Jawahar Nayak, Indian politician
- Raghunatha Nayak, a king of the Nayaks of Tanjore
- Sevappa Nayak, first ruler of the Nayaks of Tanjore
- Thirumalai Nayak, a king of the Madurai Nayak Dynasty
- Varunakulattan, also known as Khem Nayak, 17th-century feudal lord of the Jaffna Kingdom
- Viswanatha Nayak, founder of Madurai Nayak Dynasty
Places
- Nayak, Bamyan, the capital of Yakawlang District in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan
Films
- Nayak (1966 film), a 1966 Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray
- Nayak (2001 Hindi film), a 2001 Hindi film starring Anil Kapoor and Rani Mukerji
- Nayak (2001 Assamese film), a 2001 Assamese film directed by Munin Barua
- Naayak, a 2013 Telugu film directed by V. V. Vinayak
Other
- Naik (military rank), in the Indian and Pakistan armies
- Any of the Nayak dynasties, that arose from the fragmentation of the Vijayanagara Empire in South India
- Nayak (title), a title used across India
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