شیخ

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See also: سیخ, and شيخ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).

Noun

شیخ • (şeyh) (plural شیوخ or اشیاخ or شیخه or مشیخه or مشایخ, feminine equivalent شیخه)

  1. elder, old man
  2. head of a family or tribe
  3. head of a religious community
  4. head preacher or teacher

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: şeyh
  • → Albanian: sheh
  • → Romanian: șeic

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? šayx
Dari reading? šēx, šayx
Iranian reading? šeyx
Tajik reading? šayx

Noun

Dari شیخ
Iranian Persian
Tajik шайх

شیخ • (šeyx)

  1. sheik
  2. elder

Synonyms

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian شیخ (šēx), from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

شیخ • (śex) (Hindi spelling शेख़)

  1. (colloquial) stingy
  2. pious; religiously knowledgeable

Noun

شیخ • (śex) m (formal plural شُیُوخ (śuyūx), Hindi spelling शेख़)

  1. (literally) a sheik (and all the meaning that encompass, inc. but not limited to)
    1. a leader of an Arab tribe
    2. an Islamic cleric
  2. an old; elder (man)

Declension

    Declension of شیخ
singular plural
direct شیخ (śex) شیخ (śex)
oblique شیخ (śex) شیخوں (śexõ)
vocative شیخ (śex) شیخو (śexo)

Proper noun

شیخ • (śex) m (Hindi spelling शेख़)

  1. a male caste surname originating as a patronymic, equivalent to English Sheikh

Further reading

  • “شیخ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “شیخ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شيخ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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