Sikkim

Sikkim

English

Alternative forms

• Sikhim (obsolete)

Etymology

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. Compare Sikkimese སུ་ཁྱིམ (su khyim).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪkɪm/[1]

• Audio (in the Limbu language)

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Proper noun

Sikkim

1. State in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital.
2. (historical) A country in Asia that existed until 1975. Official name: Kingdom of Sikkim

Synonyms

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

Hypernyms

• eight sister states

Translations

state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital

Arabic: سِيكِيم‎ m (sikīm) Armenian: Սիկկիմ (Sikkim) Assamese: ছিক্কিম (sikkim) Bengali: সিক্কিম (sikkim) Bishnupriya Manipuri: সিকিম 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 Lepcha: please add this translation if you can Limbu: ᤛᤡᤰᤁᤡᤶ (sikkim) Lithuanian: Sikimas Malayalam: സിക്കിം (sikkiṃ) Marathi: सिक्किम (sikkim) Mizo: please add this translation if you can Nepali: सिक्किम (ne) (sikkim) Oriya: ସିକିମ (sikimô) Persian: سیکیم‎ (Sikim) Portuguese: Sikkim m Punjabi: ਸਿੱਕਮ (sikkam), ਸਿਕਿਮ (sikim) Russian: Сикки́м (ru) m (Sikkím) Sanskrit: सिक्किम (sikkima) Santali: please add this translation if you can Sikkimese: སུ་ཁྱིམ (su khyim) Sinhalese: සිකිම් (sikim) Spanish: Sikkim, Sikín Tamil: சிக்கிம் (cikkim) Telugu: సిక్కిం (te) (sikkiṁ) Thai: รัฐสิกขิม (rát sìk-kĭm), สิกขิม (sìk-kĭm) Tibetan: འབྲས་ལྗོངས ('bras ljongs) Ukrainian: Сіккім (Sikkim) Western Panjabi: سکم‎ (pnb)

See also

• (states of India) state of India; Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, 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)}

References

1. “Sikkim”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Sikkim m

1. Sikkim (a state in northeast India)