Meanings
plural Sikhs · alternative obsolete Seek · alternative obsolete Seekh · alternative obsolete Seik · alternative obsolete Seikh · alternative obsolete Sicque
- An adherent of Sikhism.
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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.
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
comparative more Sikh · superlative most Sikh · alternative obsolete Seek · alternative obsolete Seekh · alternative obsolete Seik · alternative obsolete Seikh · alternative obsolete Sicque
- 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
Origin
- Punjabiਸਿੱਖ
- Punjabiਸਿੱਖ
- EnglishSikh
Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha).
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Arabic سِيخ
- سِيخ (sīḵ)an adherent of Sikhism
Bengali শিখ
- শিখ (śikh)an adherent of Sikhism
Catalan sikh, sikh
- sikhan adherent of Sikhism
- sikhrelating to Sikhism
Chinese Mandarin 錫克人 /锡克人
- 錫克人 /锡克人 (Xīkè-rén)an adherent of Sikhism
Danish sikh, sikhisk
- sikhan adherent of Sikhism
- sikhiskrelating to Sikhism
- sikh-relating to Sikhism
Dutch sikh
- sikhan adherent of Sikhism
Esperanto siko, sika
- sikoan adherent of Sikhism
- sikarelating to Sikhism
Finnish sikhi, sikhiläinen
- sikhian adherent of Sikhism
- sikhiläinenrelating to Sikhism
French sikh, sikh
- sikhan adherent of Sikhism
- sikhrelating to Sikhism
German Sikh, sikhisch
- Sikhan adherent of Sikhism
- sikhischrelating to Sikhism
- Sikh-relating to Sikhism
Hindi सिख, नानकपंथी
- सिख (sikh)an adherent of Sikhism
- नानकपंथी (nānakpanthī)an adherent of Sikhism
- नानकशाही (nānakśāhī)an adherent of Sikhism
- सरदार (sardār)an adherent of Sikhism
- सिख (sikh)relating to Sikhism
Hungarian szikh
- szikhan adherent of Sikhism
Japanese シーク
- シーク (Shīku)an adherent of Sikhism
Norwegian Bokmål sikh, sikhisk
- sikhan adherent of Sikhism
- sikhiskrelating to Sikhism
- sikh-relating to Sikhism
Persian سیک
- سیکan adherent of Sikhism
Polish sikh, sikhijka
- sikhan adherent of Sikhism
- sikhijkaan adherent of Sikhism
- sikhijskirelating to Sikhism
Portuguese sikh, sique
- sikhan adherent of Sikhism
- siquean adherent of Sikhism
- sikhrelating to Sikhism
Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ
- ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha)an adherent of Sikhism
Russian сикх
- сикх (sikx)an adherent of Sikhism
Spanish sij, sikh
- sijan adherent of Sikhism
- sikhan adherent of Sikhism
- sikan adherent of Sikhism
- sijrelating to Sikhism
- sikhrelating to Sikhism
- sikrelating to Sikhism
Swahili Kalasinga
- Kalasingaan adherent of Sikhism
Swedish sikh, sikhisk
- sikhan adherent of Sikhism
- sikhiskrelating to Sikhism
- sikh-relating to Sikhism
Urdu سکھ
- سکھ (sikh)an adherent of Sikhism
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Cite this entry
Sikh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sikh
“Sikh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sikh. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sikh,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sikh.
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