šejk

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Etymology

Derived from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).

Pronunciation

Noun

šejk m anim

  1. sheik (the leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
  2. 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 (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “šejk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “šejk”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
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