Sikh
/siːk/
Sikh noun: an adherent of Sikhism.
Noun
Sikh (plural Sikhs)
- 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...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
Adjective
Sikh (comparative more Sikh, superlative most Sikh)
- 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
Sikh meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
Sikh in Hindi
- an adherent of Sikhism
- सिख sikh, नानकपंथी nānakpanthī, नानकशाही nānakśāhī, सरदार sardār
- relating to Sikhism
- सिख sikh
Sikh in Marathi
- an adherent of Sikhism
- शीख śīkh
- relating to Sikhism
- शीख śīkh
Sikh in Urdu
- an adherent of Sikhism
- سکھ sikh
Sikh in Bengali
- an adherent of Sikhism
- শিখ śikh
More languagesFewer languages
- Sikh in Malayalam
- സിഖ് sikhŭ
- Sikh in Punjabi
- ਸਿੱਖ sikkha
- Sikh in Gujarati
- શીખ śīkh
- Sikh in Odia
- ନାନକପନ୍ଥୀ nānakapanthi
- Sikh in Arabic
- سِيخ sīḵ
- Sikh in Persian
- سیک
- Sindhi
- سک skh
Forms of Sikh
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Sikhs |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Seek |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Seekh |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Seik |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Seikh |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Sicque |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Sikh |
| superlative | most Sikh |
Origin of Sikh
Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha).
Words formed from Sikh
Words that rhyme with Sikh
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- leak
- seek
- bespeak
- pique
- tweak
- reek
- sleek
- geek
- peek
- squeak
- week
- wreak
- boutique
- clique
- creek
- forspeak
- gleek
- unique
- bleak
- cacique
- creak
- critique
- deke
- eek
- eke
- fleak
- on fleek
- respeak
- Tajik
- teak
- technique
- tongue-in-chic
- chic
- cleek
- desqueak
- leek
- malik
- meek
- midweek
- misspeak
- physique
- pratique
- shriek
- speke
- streek
- Zeke
- -speak
- Adam's Peak
Questions about Sikh
- What does Sikh mean?
- Sikh means an adherent of Sikhism.
- What is Sikh in Hindi?
- Sikh in Hindi is सिख (sikh), नानकपंथी (nānakpanthī), नानकशाही (nānakśāhī). See Sikh meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Sikh?
- Sikh can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Sikh?
- Sikh is pronounced /siːk/.
- What is the plural of Sikh?
- The plural of Sikh is Sikhs.
Words near Sikh in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Sikh (page history and authors); സിഖ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); શીખ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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