Sikh

See also: sikh

English

Alternative forms

Seek, Seekh, Seik, Seikh, Sicque (all obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siːk/, /sɪk/
Rhymes: -iːk, -ɪk
Homophones: seek, sick

Noun

Sikh (plural Sikhs)

An adherent of Sikhism.

Hypernyms

religionist

Coordinate terms

religious adherentsedit

Translations

an adherent of Sikhism

Arabic: سِيخ m (sīḵ)
Bengali: শিখ (bn) (śikh)
Catalan: sikh (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 錫克人 / 锡克人 (zh) (Xīkè-rén)
Danish: sikh c
Dutch: sikh (nl) m
Esperanto: siko
Finnish: sikhi (fi)
French: sikh (fr)
German: Sikh (de) m
Hindi: सिख (hi) m (sikh), नानकपंथी (hi) m (nānakpanthī), नानकशाही (hi) m (nānakśāhī), सरदार (hi) m (sardār)
Hungarian: szikh (hu)
Japanese: シーク (Shīku)
Marathi: शीख (śīkh)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sikh m

Nynorsk: sikh m
Odia: ନାନକପନ୍ଥୀ (or) (nānakapanthi)
Persian: سیک (fa)
Polish: sikh (pl) m, sikhijka f
Portuguese: sikh (pt) m or f, sique (pt) m or f
Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ (pa) (sikkha)
Russian: сикх (ru) m (sikx)
Sindhi: سک
Spanish: sij (es)
Swahili: Kalasinga
Swedish: sikh (sv) c
Urdu: سکھ m (sikh)

Adjective

Sikh (comparative more Sikh, superlative most Sikh)

of, or relating to the Sikhs or to Sikhism.

Derived terms

Sikh Empire

Translations

relating to Sikhism

Catalan: sikh (ca)
Danish: sikhisk, sikh- (with or without a hyphen)
Esperanto: sika (eo)
Finnish: sikhiläinen (fi)
French: sikh (fr)
German: sikhisch, Sikh- (with or without a hyphen)
Hindi: सिख (hi) (sikh)
Marathi: शीख (śīkh)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sikhisk, sikh- (with or without a hyphen)

Nynorsk: sikhisk, sikh- (with or without a hyphen)
Polish: sikhijski
Portuguese: sikh (pt)
Spanish: sij (es)
Swedish: sikhisk (sv), sikh- (with or without a hyphen)

See also

Sikh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Kish, khis, kish