ਗੁਰਸਿੱਖ

Punjabi

Etymology

ਗੁਰੂ (gurū, “guru”) +‎ ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha, “Sikh”).

Noun

ਗੁਰਸਿੱਖ • (gursikkha) m

1. (Sikhism) practicing Sikh, Khalsa
   • Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Ramdas, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 451:

     ਕੋਈ ਕਰਿ ਗਲ ਸੁਣਾਵੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਸੋ ਲਗੈ ਗੁਰਸਿਖਾ ਮਨਿ ਮਿਠਾ

     koī kari gal suṇāvai hari nām kī so lagai gursikhā mani miṭhā

     If someone recites to them the story of the Lord's Name, it seems so sweet to the mind of those Gursikhs.

Declension

Declension of ਗੁਰਸਿੱਖ
dir. sg.	ਗੁਰਸਿੱਖ (gursikkha)
dir. pl.	ਗੁਰਸਿੱਖ (gursikkha)
	singular	plural
direct	ਗੁਰਸਿੱਖ (gursikkha)	ਗੁਰਸਿੱਖ (gursikkha)
oblique	ਗੁਰਸਿੱਖ (gursikkha)	ਗੁਰਸਿੱਖਾਂ (gursikkhā̃)
vocative	ਗੁਰਸਿੱਖਾ (gursikkhā)	ਗੁਰਸਿੱਖੋ (gursikkho)
ablative	ਗੁਰਸਿੱਖੋਂ (gursikkhõ)	—
locative	ਗੁਰਸਿੱਖੇ (gursikkhe)	ਗੁਰਸਿੱਖੀਂ (gursikkhī̃)
instrumental	ਗੁਰਸਿੱਖੇ (gursikkhe)	ਗੁਰਸਿੱਖੀਂ (gursikkhī̃)

References

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਗੁਰਸਿੱਖ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.