Definitions
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- noun The person who reads the sacred
scripture at aSikh religious ceremony.
Etymologies
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Sanskrit (granthin), well read
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Examples
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Singh, a Sikh granthi, murdered his daughter Gurjeet Kaur, 20, and critically injured her lover in Punjab's Hoshiarpur.
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First he went to Orissa, where he spent 3-4 years and then moved to Kolkata, where he kept wandering, staying in gurdwaras for a year before finally moving to Dhaka in Bangladesh, where he became head granthi (priest) at Gurdwara Nanak Shahi.
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"There is no granthi, but they follow all customs and traditions.
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"There is no granthi, but they follow all customs and traditions.
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