SHEIKH
Sheikh
Sheikh —also spelled Sheik or Shaikh or Shekh, or transliterated as Shaykh—is an honorific in the Arabic language that literally means "elder" and carries the meaning "leader and/or governor". It is commonly used to designate the front man of a tribe who got this title after his father, or an Islamic scholar who got this title after graduating from the basic Islamic school. Sheikha is the female equivalent of the term. A sheikh who is wise is called ḥakīm adjective, ḥākim noun, yaḥkum verb ; and can govern. The scholar sheikh here can ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Sheikh
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sheikh
Noun
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