sheykh

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English

Noun

sheykh (plural sheykhs)

  1. Dated form of sheik.
    • 1888, Charles Montagu Doughty, Travels in Arabia Deserta:
      Zamil spoke demissly, he seemed not made to command; but this is the mildness of the natural Arab sheykhs.