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شيخ

شيخ

See also: شیخ and سیخ

Arabic

Noun

شَيْخ (šayḵ) m (plural شُيُوخ (šuyūḵ) or أَشْيَاخ (ʾašyāḵ) or مَشْيَخَة (mašyaḵa) or مَشَايِخ (mašāyiḵ) or مَشَائِخ (mašāʾiḵ))

  1. elderly gentleman, elder
  2. sheik, chief, chieftain
  3. patriarch
  4. master
  5. senator
  6. (title of professors and spiritual leaders) sheik, Dr., professor
  7. (title of address) sir

Declension