سیخ

See also: شيخ and شیخ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

سیخ • (sih)

1. spit, skewer, broach, any long pin used to secure food during cooking

   Synonym: شیش (şiş)

2. kind of long pricker used in stuffing packsaddles, sacks, or similar items

Derived terms

• سیخچه (sihçe, “small skewer”)

Descendants

• Turkish: sih
• → Armenian: սիխ (six), սեխ (sex)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sih2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4233
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “sîh”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1141
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سیخ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 707
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Veru”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1743
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سیخ”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2728
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سیخ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1100

Persian

Etymology 1

From ستیخ (setix).

Pronunciation

• (Iran) IPA^(key): [siːx]

Adjective

سیخ • (six)

1. (colloquial) stiff, erect

Etymology 2

Noun

سیخ • (six)

1. spit, skewer

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: سیخ (sih)
  • Turkish: sih
  • → Armenian: սիխ (six), սեխ (sex)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سیخ (sīx).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /siːx/

Noun

سِیخ • (sīx) f (Hindi spelling सीख़)

1. skewer, spit

References

• “سیخ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سیخ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.