sheikh

sheik

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sheek, sheyk]
- /ʃik, ʃeɪk/
- /ʃeɪk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sheek, sheyk]
- /ʃik, ʃeɪk/

Definitions of sheikh word

noun sheikh Also, shaikh, sheikh. (in Islamic countries) the patriarch of a tribe or family; chief: a term of polite address. 1
noun sheikh Slang. a man held to be masterful and irresistibly charming to women. 1
noun sheikh A sheikh is a male Arab chief or ruler. 0
noun sheikh the head of an Arab tribe, village, etc 0
noun sheikh a venerable old man 0
noun sheikh a high priest or religious leader, esp a Sufi master 0

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Origin of sheikh

First appearance:

before 1570

One of the 33% oldest English words

First recorded in 1570-80, sheik is from the Arabic word shaykh old man

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Parts of speech for Sheikh

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sheikh

sheikh popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for sheikh

verb sheikh

caricatured — Simple past tense and past participle of caricature.

Just one Synonym for sheikh