Definition of Sheikh. Meaning of Sheikh. Synonyms of Sheikh

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Definition of Sheikh

sheikh
Sheik Sheik, n. [Ar. sheikh, shaykh, a venerable old man, a chief, fr. sh[=a]kha to grow or be old.] The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is also applied to Mohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade. [Written also scheik, shaik, sheikh.]

Meaning of Sheikh from wikipedia

- Sheikh (/ʃeɪk, ʃiːk/ SHAYK, SH****, Arabic: شَيْخ, romanized: shaykh [ʃajx], commonly [ʃeːχ], plural: شُيُوخ, shuyūkh [ʃujuːx]) is an honorific title in...
- On 18 March 2025, H****an Sheikh Mohamud, president of Somalia, was targeted by al-Shabaab in a roadside bombing ********ination attempt using improvised...
- Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Arabic: محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم, romanized: Muḥammad bin Rāšid Āl Maktūm; born 15 July 1949) is an Emirati politician...
- Shaheer Nawaz Sheikh (born 26 March 1984) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi television. Considered as one of the highest paid television...
- Sheikh Hasina (born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and...
- Sanjeeda Sheikh (born 20 December 1984) is an Indian actress who works in the Hindi films and television. Sheikh is best known for playing Namrata "Nimmo"...
- film Happy Bhag Jayegi. Sheikh also co-produced 2018 film Wujood with Shehzad Sheikh under her father production banner Javed Sheikh films which features...
- El Sheikh (Egyptian Arabic: شرم الشيخ, IPA: [ˈʃɑɾm eʃˈʃeːx], literally "bay of the Sheikh"), alternatively rendered Sharm el-Sheikh, Sharm el Sheikh, or...
- Shahzad Sheikh (Punjabi, Urdu: شہزاد شیخ) is a ****stani television and film actor. He is the son of ****stani actor, director and producer Jawed Sheikh. He...
- up sheikh in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sheikh is an Arabic word meaning the elder of a tribe, a revered old man, or an Islamic scholar. Sheikh, Shaikh...