# Sikhism

Pronunciation: say "SEE-ki-zuhm" /ˈsikɪzm̩/

## Proper noun

1. A revealed, monotheistic religion that began in northern India in the 15th century through Guru Nanak and the teachers who followed him.
   - Simple: A religion that began in northern India in the 1400s, teaching belief in one God, founded by Guru Nanak.
   - _Sikhism spread across Punjab in the centuries after Guru Nanak's death._
   - _Followers of Sikhism gather in a gurdwara to read from their sacred scripture._

## Origin

Formed from Sikh combined with the suffix -ism.

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