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'''Sat Sri Akaal''' ([[Gurmukhi]]: ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ, {{IPA-pa|sət sɾiː əkɑːl|pron|SatSriAkaal_greeting.ogg}}) is a ''[[Battle cry|Jaikara]]'' (lit. ''Call of Victory'') now used, often, as a greeting by [[Punjabi Sikhs]]. It is the second half of the ''Sikh Clarion call'', given by the Tenth guru, [[Guru Gobind Singh]], "[[Bole So Nihal]], Sat Sri Akal" (''Shout Aloud in Ecstasy. Truth is the Timeless One'').<ref name="https://web.archive.org/web/20120401122313/http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/20920/38/">{{cite news | url=http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/20920/38/ | title=First Gurpurab of Guru Nanak at White House in Washington | date=15 November 2009 | accessdate=24 October 2011 | newspaper=Punjab Newsline}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/80513870/Bole-So-Nihal|title=Bole So Nihal {{!}} Asian Ethnic Religion {{!}} Religious Comparison|website=Scribd|language=en|access-date=2017-12-07}}</ref><br />
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==Meaning==<br />
''Sat'' is a Punjabi word, which means ''truth''. ''Sri'' is a [[honorific]] used across various Indian Subcontinent languages. ''Akaal'' is made up of the Punjabi word ''Kal'', meaning ''time'', and the prefix ''a-'' which is used in various Indian languages as a way to make a word into its antonym, so ''Akal'' means ''timeless''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sat Sri Akal: meaning and misconceptions |url=https://www.sikhmissionarysociety.org/sms/smsarticles/advisorypanel/gurindersinghsacha/satsriakalmeaningsandmisconceptions/ |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=www.sikhmissionarysociety.org}}</ref><br />
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==Usage==<br />
Besides being the clarion call of Sikhism, the Jaikara has become an integral part of the Sikh liturgy and is spoken at the end of Ardas, the Sikh prayer in holy congregations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sat Sri Akal: meaning and misconceptions |url=https://www.sikhmissionarysociety.org/sms/smsarticles/advisorypanel/gurindersinghsacha/satsriakalmeaningsandmisconceptions/ |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=www.sikhmissionarysociety.org}}</ref><br />
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The usage of Sat Shri Akaal as a greeting, although used by the majority of people who identify themselves as being Sikh, is regarded as incorrect usage by "Amritdhari [baptized] Sikhs. As the term is historically the second half of the Sikh war cry, "[[Bole So Nihal]], Sat Shri Akal", and is still used in the same way. As per the [[Sikh Rehat Maryada]], or Code of Conduct, Amritdhari Sikhs greet each other with "[[Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh]]", meaning "The [[Khalsa]] belongs to the Lord God! The victory belongs to God!".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Randhir |first=G. S. |title=Sikh Shrines in India |date=February 1990 |publisher=Publications Division of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India |quote=The salutation among the Sikhs shall be Wahi Guru Ji Ka Khalsa, Sri Wahi Guru Ji Ki Fateh (Lord's is the Khalsa Lord's is the victory).}}</ref><br />
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==Defense battle cry ==<br />
Three regiments of the Indian Army – the [[Punjab Regiment (India)|Punjab Regiment]], [[Sikh Regiment]], and [[Sikh Light Infantry]] – use it as their battle cry.{{cn|date=December 2020}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Bole So Nihal]]<br />
* [[Khalsa bole]]<br />
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