سکھی

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Punjabi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

سَکھی • (sakhī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਖੀ)

  1. female friend, companion
Declension
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Declension of سکھی
singular plural
direct سَکھی (sakhī) سَکھِیاں (sakhīyāṉ)
oblique سَکھی (sakhī) سَکھِیاں (sakhīyāṉ)
vocative سَکھِیے (sakhiye) سَکھِیو (sakhīv)
ablative سَکھِیوں (sakhīvṉ) سَکھِیاں (sakhīyāṉ)
locative — —
instrumental — —

Etymology 2

Corrupted from Classical Persian سخی (saxī), itself from Arabic سَخِي (saḵī).

Adjective

سَکھی • (sakhī) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਖੀ)

  1. generous, benevolent
Usage notes

Typically used to describe females or feminine nouns.

References

  • “سکھی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سخی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

First attested in c. 1625 as Middle Hindi سکھی (sakhī),[1] borrowed from Sanskrit सखी (sakhī).

Pronunciation

Noun

سَکھی • (sakhī) f (Hindi spelling सखी)

  1. friend, confidant (of a woman)
    Synonym: سَہیلی (sahelī)

Declension

Declension of سکھی
singular plural
direct سَکھی (sakhī) سَکھِیاں (sakhiyā̃)
oblique سَکھی (sakhī) سَکھِیوں (sakhiyō̃)
vocative سَکھی (sakhī) سَکھِیو (sakhiyō)

References

  1. ^ “سکھی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

  • “سکھی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “سکھی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “سکهي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 666
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