سيخ

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word سيخ. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word سيخ, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say سيخ in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word سيخ you have here. The definition of the word سيخ will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofسيخ, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: سیخ, شيخ, and شیخ

Arabic

الفِلْفِل وَأَسْيَاخ الدَجَاج (al-filfil waʔasyāḵ ad-dajāj)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian سیخ (six, spit, skewer).

Pronunciation

Noun

سِيخ (sīḵm (plural أَسْيَاخ (ʔasyāḵ))

  1. spit, brochette, skewer
    Synonym: سَفُّود (saffūd)
  2. (chess) skewer
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha).

Pronunciation

Noun

سِيخ (sīḵm (collective, singulative سِيخِيّ f (sīḵiyy))

  1. the Sikh nation; Sikhs
Declension
Derived terms

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سيخ”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 711–712
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “سيخ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 382
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سيخ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 521
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سيخ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 620

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Noun

سيخ (sīḵm (plural أسياخ (ʾasyāḵ))

  1. spit, skewer, rod