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Sikh

  • /siːk/
  • /sɪk/

Sounds like seek, sick · Rhymes with -iːk, -ɪk

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha).

noun Sikhs · Seek · Seekh · Seik · Seikh · Sicque

  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

adjective more Sikh · most Sikh · Seek · Seekh · Seik · Seikh

  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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: fis, nihang, khalsa, nanakpanthi, singh, kaur, sahajdhari, akali, seek, seikh, seik, seekh, sikhi, sicque, sikhist, sikhdom

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noun an adherent of Sikhism

Españolsij, sikh, sik
日本語シーク Shīku
中文錫克人 /锡克人 Xīkè-rén
हिन्दीसिख sikh, नानकपंथी nānakpanthī, नानकशाही nānakśāhī, सरदार sardār
KiswahiliKalasinga
Portuguêssikh, sique
Françaissikh
DeutschSikh
Русскийсикх sikx
العربيةسِيخ sīḵ

adj relating to Sikhism

Españolsij, sikh, sik
हिन्दीसिख sikh
Portuguêssikh
Françaissikh
Deutschsikhisch, Sikh-

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BibTeX
@misc{sikh_2026,
  title = {Sikh},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sikh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}