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Sikh
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sikh
English
Alternative forms
en Seek Seekh Seik Seikh Sicque all _ obsolete
Etymology
en :bor pa:ਸਿੱਖ + 1
Pronunciation
en /siːk/ /sɪk/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-Sikh.wav General American
en iːk ɪk 1
en seek sick
Noun
An adherent of Sikhism.
en religionist
Lex Harvey Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s spiraling relations https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/29/india/clashes-hindu-sikh-canada-india-intl-hnk 2024-11-29 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260220140701/https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/29/india/clashes-hindu-sikh-canada-india-intl-hnk 20 February 2026
Coordinate terms
Translations
an adherent of Sikhism
Arabic: ar سِيخ m
Bengali: bn শিখ
Catalan: ca sikh m f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 錫克人 Xīkè-rén
Danish: da sikh c
Dutch: nl sikh m
Esperanto: eo siko
Finnish: fi sikhi
French: fr sikh
German: de Sikh m
Hindi: hi सिख m, hi नानकपंथी m, hi नानकशाही m, hi सरदार m
Hungarian: hu szikh
Japanese: ja シーク Shīku
Marathi: mr शीख
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb sikh m
Nynorsk: nn sikh m
Odia: or ନାନକପନ୍ଥୀ
Persian: fa سیک
Polish: pl sikh m, pl sikhijka f
Portuguese: pt sikh m f, pt sique m f
Punjabi: pa ਸਿੱਖ
Russian: ru сикх m
Sindhi: sd سک
Spanish: es sij mf, es sikh mf, es sik mf
Swahili: sw Kalasinga
Swedish: sv sikh c
Urdu: ur سکھ m sikh
Adjective
Of, or relating to the Sikhs or to Sikhism.
Lex Harvey Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s spiraling relations https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/29/india/clashes-hindu-sikh-canada-india-intl-hnk 2024-11-29 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260220140701/https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/29/india/clashes-hindu-sikh-canada-india-intl-hnk 20 February 2026
Derived terms
en Sikhdom Sikhist Sikhization Sikhness Sikh Empire Sikhify
Translations
relating to Sikhism
Catalan: ca sikh
Danish: da sikhisk, da sikh- with or without a hyphen
Esperanto: eo sika
Finnish: fi sikhiläinen
French: fr sikh
German: de sikhisch, de Sikh- with or without a hyphen
Hindi: hi सिख
Marathi: mr शीख
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb sikhisk, nb sikh- with or without a hyphen
Nynorsk: nn sikhisk, nn sikh- with or without a hyphen
Polish: pl sikhijski
Portuguese: pt sikh
Spanish: es sij, es sikh, es sik
Swedish: sv sikhisk, sv sikh- with or without a hyphen
See also
Anagrams
en hiks Kish khis kish
en People Sikhism