سکھی

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /sə.kʰiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

Noun

سَکھی • (sakhī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਖੀ)

1. female friend, companion

Declension

Declension of سکھی

	singular	plural
direct	سَکھی (sakhī)	سَکھِیاں (sakhīyāṉ)
oblique	سَکھی (sakhī)	سَکھِیاں (sakhīyāṉ)
vocative	سَکھِیے (sakhiye)	سَکھِیو (sakhīv)
ablative	سَکھِیوں (sakhīvṉ)	سَکھِیاں (sakhīyāṉ)
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Etymology 2

Corrupted from Classical Persian سخی (saxī), itself from Arabic سَخِي (saḵī).

Adjective

سَکھی • (sakhī) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਖੀ)

1. generous, benevolent

Usage notes

Typically used to describe females or feminine nouns.

References

• “سکھی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• 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), borrowed from Sanskrit सखी (sakhī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.kʰiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: سَ‧کھی

Noun

سَکھی • (sakhī) f (Hindi spelling सखी)

1. friend, confidant (of a woman)

   Synonym: سَہیلی (sahelī)

Declension

Declension of سکھی

	singular	plural
direct	سَکھی (sakhī)	سَکھِیاں (sakhiyā̃)
oblique	سَکھی (sakhī)	سَکھِیوں (sakhiyō̃)
vocative	سَکھی (sakhī)	سَکھِیو (sakhiyō)

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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “سکهي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 666