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Sikhs have a given name and one or both of a surname and a Khalsa name. The surname may be a family name (based on the name of the ancestral village) or a caste name. Different castes still exist today in some aspects of Punjabi culture; similarly to the Hindu caste system, this system is based on employment [citation needed] (ex. jatt signifies the farming caste).
Kaur (Punjabi: ਕੌਰ[needs Punjabi IPA] [Gurmukhi] / کور [Shahmukhi]; lit. 'crown prince [ss]' or 'spiritual prince [ss]'), [1] sometimes spelled as Kour, is a surname or a part of a personal name primarily used by the Sikh and some Hindu women of the Punjab region. [2] It is also sometimes translated as 'lioness', not because this ...
Sikh (/ ˈ s iː k / or / ˈ s ɪ k /; Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ, sikkh IPA:) is the title and name given to an adherent of Sikhism. The term has its origin in the Sanskrit term śiṣya , meaning "disciple, learner" or śikṣa , meaning "instruction".
e. The principles of Sikhism state that women have the same souls as men and thus possess an equal right to cultivate their spirituality [1] with equal chances of achieving salvation. [2] Women participate in all Sikh religious, cultural, social, and secular activities including lead religious congregations, take part in the Akhand Path (the ...
Punjabi Sikhs are the second-largest religious group of the Punjabis, after the Punjabi Muslims. They form the largest religious community in the Indian state of Punjab. Sikhism is an indigenous religion that originated in the Punjab region of South Asia during the 15th century. Almost 97% of the world's Sikh population are Punjabis.
Sikhs (singular Sikh: / sɪk / SIK or / siːk / SEEK; Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ, romanized: sikkh, IPA: [sɪkkʰ]) are an ethnoreligious group [84][85] who adhere to Sikhism, [86] a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. [87]
Sikhism (ˈsiːkɪzəmSEEK-iz-əm), 7 also known as Sikhi (Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖੀSikkhī, [ˈsɪk.kʰiː] ⓘ, from Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ, romanized: Sikh, lit. 'disciple'), is an Indian religion and philosophy 8 that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent around the end of the 15th century CE.
Mai Bhago was the granddaughter of Bhai Pero Shah who was younger brother of the famous Bhai Langah the chief of 84 villages who had converted to Sikhism during the time of Guru Arjan Dev (1563–1606), the fifth Sikh Guru. [5][6] She had two brothers Dilbagh Singh and Bhag Singh. [7]