SIKH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sikh mean? 

• SIKH (noun)
  The noun SIKH has 1 sense:

1. an adherent of Sikhism

  Familiarity information: SIKH used as a noun is very rare.

• SIKH (adjective)
  The adjective SIKH has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the Sikhs or their religious beliefs and customs

  Familiarity information: SIKH used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIKH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An adherent of Sikhism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Sikh" is a kind of...):

adherent; disciple (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)

Domain category:

Sikhism (the doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam)

Derivation:

Sikh (of or relating to the Sikhs or their religious beliefs and customs)

• SIKH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Sikhs or their religious beliefs and customs

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

Sikhism (the doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam)

Pertainym:

Sikhism (the doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam)

Derivation:

Sikh (an adherent of Sikhism)

 Context examples 

We were shut up in Bhurtee, the regiment of us with half a battery of artillery, a company of Sikhs, and a lot of civilians and women-folk.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)