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Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
Derived from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).
Pronunciation
Noun
šejk m anim
- sheik (the leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- sheik (An Islamic religious cleric; the leader of an Islamic religious order)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- šejk in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- šejk in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989