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Punjabi
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
سَکھی • (sakhī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਖੀ)
- female friend, companion
Declension
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سَکھی (sakhī)
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سَکھِیاں (sakhīyāṉ)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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سَکھی (sakhī)
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سَکھِیاں (sakhīyāṉ)
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| oblique
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سَکھی (sakhī)
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سَکھِیاں (sakhīyāṉ)
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| vocative
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سَکھِیے (sakhiye)
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سَکھِیو (sakhīv)
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| ablative
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سَکھِیوں (sakhīvṉ)
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سَکھِیاں (sakhīyāṉ)
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| locative
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Etymology 2
Corrupted from Classical Persian سخی (saxī), itself from Arabic سَخِي (saḵī).
Adjective
سَکھی • (sakhī) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਖੀ)
- generous, benevolent
Usage notes
Typically used to describe females or feminine nouns.
References
- “سکھی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- 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)
- friend, confidant (of a woman)
- Synonym: سَہیلی (sahelī)
Declension
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singular
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plural
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سَکھی (sakhī)
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سَکھِیاں (sakhiyā̃)
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| oblique
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سَکھی (sakhī)
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سَکھِیوں (sakhiyō̃)
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| vocative
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سَکھی (sakhī)
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سَکھِیو (sakhiyō)
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References
- ^ “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, 2024.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “سکهي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 666