sikh

See also: Sikh

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsik]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

sikh m or f (masculine and feminine plural sikhs)

1. Sikh (pertaining to Sikhs or Sikhism)

Noun

sikh m or f by sense (plural sikhs)

1. Sikh

Derived terms

• sikhisme

Further reading

• “sikh”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Dutch

Etymology

From Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha), from Sanskrit शिक्षा (śikṣā) or Sanskrit शिश्य (śiśya).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

sikh m (plural sikhs, no diminutive)

1. Sikh

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Agen)):

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Adjective

sikh (feminine sikhe, masculine plural sikhs, feminine plural sikhes)

1. sikh

Further reading

• “sikh”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English Sikh, from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha), from Sanskrit शिश्य (śiśya, “pupil”).

Noun

sikh m (definite singular sikhen, indefinite plural sikher, definite plural sikhene)

1. (religion) a Sikh

References

• “sikh” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “sikh” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English Sikh, from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha), from Sanskrit शिश्य (śiśya, “pupil”).

Noun

sikh m (definite singular sikhen, indefinite plural sikhar, definite plural sikhane)

1. (religion) a Sikh

References

• “sikh” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha)bor.

English Sikhbor.

Polish sikh

Borrowed from English Sikh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsikx/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ikx
• Syllabification: sikh

Noun

sikh m pers (female equivalent sikhijka, related adjective sikhijski)

1. Sikh (adherent of Sikhism)

Declension

Declension of sikh

	singular	plural
nominative	sikh	sikhowie/sikhy (deprecative)
genitive	sikha	sikhów
dative	sikhowi	sikhom
accusative	sikha	sikhów
instrumental	sikhem	sikhami
locative	sikhu	sikhach
vocative	sikhu	sikhowie

Related terms

noun

• sikhizm

Further reading

• “sikh”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sique

Adjective

sikh (invariable)

1. Sikh (relating to Sikhism)

Noun

sikh m or f by sense (plural sikhs)

1. Sikh (an adherent of Sikhism)

Further reading

• “sikh”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsik/ [ˈsik]
• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: sikh

Adjective

sikh m or f (masculine and feminine plural sikhs)

1. alternative form of sij

Noun

sikh m or f by sense (plural sikhs)

1. alternative form of sij

Further reading

• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “sikh”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA