Sikkim

English

Alternative forms

• Sikhim (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sikkimese སུ་ཁྱིམ (su khyim); The most widely accepted theory is that it is a combination of two Limbu words: su, which means "new", and khyim, which means "palace" or "house". The name is believed to be a reference to the palace built by the state's first ruler, Phuntsog Namgyal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪkɪm/

Proper noun

Sikkim

2. A state in eastern India. Capital: Gangtok.
4. (historical) A country in Asia that existed until 1975. Official name: Kingdom of Sikkim.

Synonyms

• (historic) Indrakil, the garden of the war god Indra.

Hypernyms

• eight sister states

Derived terms

• Sikkim fir

 

Translations

state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital

• Arabic: سِيكِيم m (sikīm)
• Armenian: Սիկկիմ (Sikkim)
• Assamese: ছিক্কিম (sikkim)
• Bengali: সিক্কিম (śikkim)
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: সিকিম
• Bulgarian: Сики́м m (Sikím)
• Burmese: ဆစ်ကင် (hcackang)
• Chhattisgarhi: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 錫金／锡金 (zh) (Xījīn), 錫金邦／锡金邦 (Xījīn-bāng)

• Czech: Sikkim (cs) m
• Dhivehi: ސިއްކީމް (sikkīm̊)
• Dzongkha: སུ་ཁྱིམ (su khyim)
• Esperanto: Sikimo
• Finnish: Sikkim
• Georgian: სიკიმი (siḳimi)
• Gujarati: સિક્કિમ (sikkim)
• Hindi: सिक्किम (hi) (sikkim)
• Hungarian: Szikkim (hu)
• Japanese: シッキム州 (Sikkimu-shū), シッキム (Sikkimu)
• Kannada: ಸಿಕ್ಕಿಂ (kn) (sikkiṃ)
• Korean: 시킴 주 (ko) (Sikim ju), 시킴 (Sikim)
• Latvian: Sikima
• Limbu: ᤛᤡᤰᤁᤡᤶ (sikkim)
• Lithuanian: Sikimas
• Malayalam: സിക്കിം (sikkiṁ)
• Marathi: सिक्किम (sikkim)
• Nepali: सिक्किम (ne) (sikkim)
• Odia: ସିକିମ (sikima)
• Persian: سیکیم (sikim)
• Portuguese: Sikkim m
• Punjabi: ਸਿੱਕਮ (sikkam), ਸਿਕਿਮ (sikim)
• Russian: Сикки́м (ru) m (Sikkím)
• Sanskrit: सिक्किम (sikkima)
• Sikkimese: སུ་ཁྱིམ (su khyim)
• Sinhalese: සිකිම් (sikim)
• Spanish: Sikkim, Sikín
• Tamil: சிக்கிம் (cikkim)
• Telugu: సిక్కిం (te) (sikkiṁ)
• Thai: สิกขิม (sìk-kǐm)
• Tibetan: འབྲས་ལྗོངས ('bras ljongs)
• Ukrainian: Сіккім (Sikkim)
• Welsh: Sicim f
• Western Panjabi: سکم (pnb) (skm)

See also

• (states of India) state of India; Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala／Keralam, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal ^{(Category: en:States of India)}

Portuguese

Proper noun

Sikkim m

1. Sikkim (a state in northeast India)