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Sikh en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /sɪk/
  • (General-American) audio
  • /siːk/

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha).

Meanings

  1. Of, or relating to the Sikhs or to Sikhism.
    • A year earlier, the Canadian leader was seen at a Sikh event in Toronto where separatist flags and posters depicting an extremist Sikh leader killed in a 1984 Indian Army operation were displayed. 2024 November 29, Lex Harvey, “Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s spiraling relations”, in CNN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Seikh alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Seek alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Sicque alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Seekh alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Seik alternative, obsolete lexicographic
more Sikh Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most Sikh Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

Sikhness · Sikhdom · Sikhization · Sikh Empire · Sikhist · Sikhify

Translations (21)

da sikh- (relating to Sikhism) · nb sikhisk (relating to Sikhism) · de sikhisch (relating to Sikhism) · sv sikh- (relating to Sikhism) · fr sikh (relating to Sikhism) · fi sikhiläinen (relating to Sikhism) · hi सिख (relating to Sikhism) · da sikhisk (relating to Sikhism) · de Sikh- (relating to Sikhism) · es sik (relating to Sikhism) · nb sikh- (relating to Sikhism) · es sij (relating to Sikhism) · es sikh (relating to Sikhism) · pl sikhijski (relating to Sikhism) · nn sikhisk (relating to Sikhism) · eo sika (relating to Sikhism) · nn sikh- (relating to Sikhism) · pt sikh (relating to Sikhism) · mr शीख (relating to Sikhism) · ca sikh (relating to Sikhism) · sv sikhisk (relating to Sikhism)

Sikh en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /sɪk/
  • (General-American) audio
  • /siːk/

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha).

Meanings

  1. An adherent of Sikhism.
    • Last year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had credible information linking the Indian government to the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, an Indian-born Canadian national and Sikh dissident who was an outspoken supporter of Khalistan, a proposed autonomous homeland for Sikhs in northern India. 2024 November 29, Lex Harvey, “Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s spiraling relations”, in CNN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Sicque alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Seik alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Seek alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Sikhs Number=Plur lexicographic
Seikh alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Seekh alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Hypernyms

religionist

Translations (34)

hi सरदार (an adherent of Sikhism) · es sikh (an adherent of Sikhism) · bn শিখ (an adherent of Sikhism) · hi नानकपंथी (an adherent of Sikhism) · sv sikh (an adherent of Sikhism) · mr शीख (an adherent of Sikhism) · da sikh (an adherent of Sikhism) · ja シーク (an adherent of Sikhism) · or ନାନକପନ୍ଥୀ (an adherent of Sikhism) · es sij (an adherent of Sikhism) · sw Kalasinga (an adherent of Sikhism) · hi सिख (an adherent of Sikhism) · nb sikh (an adherent of Sikhism) · ur سکھ (an adherent of Sikhism) · fi sikhi (an adherent of Sikhism) · eo siko (an adherent of Sikhism) · pt sikh (an adherent of Sikhism) · es sik (an adherent of Sikhism) · sd سک (an adherent of Sikhism) · ru сикх (an adherent of Sikhism) · fr sikh (an adherent of Sikhism) · pa ਸਿੱਖ (an adherent of Sikhism) · pl sikh (an adherent of Sikhism) · hu szikh (an adherent of Sikhism) · cmn 錫克人 /锡克人 (an adherent of Sikhism) · nn sikh (an adherent of Sikhism) · nl sikh (an adherent of Sikhism) · hi नानकशाही (an adherent of Sikhism) · ca sikh (an adherent of Sikhism) · de Sikh (an adherent of Sikhism) · pt sique (an adherent of Sikhism) · pl sikhijka (an adherent of Sikhism) · fa سیک (an adherent of Sikhism) · ar سِيخ (an adherent of Sikhism)