سكھی

सखी sakhī, and H. (dialec.) सिखsakhi, s.f. A woman's friend or companion, a female friend or confidante; a handmaid, an abigail;—a class of mendicants who dress like women; an individual of that class; an effeminate man:—sakhī-jan, s.f. A female friend or confidante:—sakhī-dauṛ, s.m. A kind of verse in the beginning of a lā`onī, q.v.