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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish شیخ (şeyh), from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).
Noun
şeyh (definite accusative şeyhi, plural şeyhler)
- religious leader, sheik
- leader of a tribe or family
Derived terms
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şeyh”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شیخ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1145
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN