Sheikh definition

shāk, shēk
(slang) A sexually alluring man.
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(islam) A man respected for his piety or religious learning.
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A male leader of an Arab family or village.
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A man in an Arab society who is important or wealthy.
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Used as a form of address for such a man.
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Noun

Singular:
sheikh
Plural:
sheikhs

Origin of sheikh

  • Arabic šayḫ old man, chief from šāḫa to grow old śyḫ in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sheikh Sentence Examples

  • The Turks occupied Sheikh `Othman, but were unable to threaten Aden itself.

  • Since then the governor of the town and adjoining district has been a sheikh of the K'ab or Chaab Arabs, a powerful tribe of the Shi'ah branch of Islam.

  • The grand mufti of Constantinople is, as we have seen, nominated by the sultan, but his hold on the people makes him quite an independent power in the state; in Cairo he is not even nominated by the government, but each school of law chooses its own sheikh, who is also mufti, and the IIanifite is head mufti because his school is official in the Turkish Empire.

  • More to the purpose is it that Sultan IJosain Mirza, great-grandson of Omar Sheikh, son of Timur, reigned 10 in Herat from 1487 to 1506.

  • At last a youth named Alamut, aged fourteen years, was raised to the throne, which he held till the succession of Sheikh Ismail.

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