şeyh

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish شیخ (şeyh), from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).

Noun

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şeyh (definite accusative şeyhi, plural şeyhler)

  1. religious leader, sheik
  2. leader of a tribe or family

Derived terms

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References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şeyh”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شیخ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1145
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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