ਸਿੱਖ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (sikkhā)), from Sanskrit शिक्षा (śikṣā, “instruction, teaching”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćikš- (“to learn”).

Pronunciation
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Noun

ਸਿੱਖ • (sikkha) m (Shahmukhi spelling سکھ)

  1. (Sikhism) a Sikh; disciple of Guru Nanak; the Sikh community

Declension
Declension of ਸਿੱਖ
dir. sg. ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha)
dir. pl. ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha)
singular plural
direct ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha) ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha)
oblique ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha) ਸਿੱਖਾਂ (sikkhā̃)
vocative ਸਿੱਖਾ (sikkhā) ਸਿੱਖੋ (sikkho)
ablative ਸਿੱਖੋਂ (sikkhõ) —
locative ਸਿੱਖੇ (sikkhe) ਸਿੱਖੀਂ (sikkhī̃)
instrumental ਸਿੱਖੇ (sikkhe) ਸਿੱਖੀਂ (sikkhī̃)

References
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਸਿੱਖ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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