Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sikh

/siːk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: sikh
IPA: /siːk/

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An adherent of Sikhism.

adj

Of, or relating to the Sikhs or to Sikhism.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha).

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Inflected Forms

Sikhs (plural) Seek (alternative, obsolete) Seekh (alternative, obsolete) Seik (alternative, obsolete) Seikh (alternative, obsolete) Sicque (alternative, obsolete) more Sikh (comparative) most Sikh (superlative)

Derived Forms

Sikhdom Sikhify Sikhist Sikhization Sikhness

Phrases

Sikh Empire

Homonyms

seek sick

Rhymes With

week speak unique weak seek peak greek technique creek leak freak streak

Questions

How do you pronounce sikh?: The recorded pronunciation is /siːk/.
What does sikh mean?: An adherent of Sikhism.
Where does sikh come from?: Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha).

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