শ্বেখ

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Assamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ). Cognate with Bengali শেখ (śekh), Hindi शेख (śekh).

Pronunciation

Noun

শ্বেখ (sekh)

  1. (Islam) sheik; teacher; professor (title of professors and spiritual leaders)
  2. old man, elder
  3. sheik, chief, chieftain, patriarch

Proper noun

শ্বেখ (sekh)

  1. a surname from Arabic, equivalent to English Sheikh or Shaikh