Sikh

Sikh

a member of a religion founded by the guru Nanak about 1500 in N India and based on monotheism and the rejection of the caste system and of idolatry

Origin of Sikh

Hindi, a disciple

of or relating to Sikhs or Sikhism

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Sikh

noun

An adherent of Sikhism.

adjective

Of or relating to the Sikhs or to Sikhism.

Origin of Sikh

Hindi from Sanskrit śi&slowdot;yah disciple from śik&slowdot;ati he wishes to learn desiderative of śaknoti is able

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Noun

(plural Sikhs)

An adherent of Sikhism.

Adjective

(comparative more Sikh, superlative most Sikh)

of, or relating to the Sikhs or to Sikhism.

Origin

From Sanskrit via Punjabi for student, disciple, or seeker.

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A Sikh college for university education was opened in 1897.
Subsequently he attacked and annexed Amritsar in 1802, thus becoming master of the two Sikh capitals.
Amritsar is chiefly notable as the centre of the Sikh religion and the site of the Golden Temple, the chief worshipping place of the Sikhs.
It is the headquarters of the Sikh religion, containing 264,329 Sikhs as against 280,985 Hindus and 474,976 Mahommedans.
ALIWAL, a village of British India, in the Ludhiana district of the Punjab, situated on the left bank of the Sutlej, and famous as the scene of one of the great battles of the 1st Sikh War.

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