şeyh

Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

şeyh (definite accusative şeyhi, plural şeyhler)

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

Derived terms

• şeyhlik
• şeyhsiz

References

• 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