শেখ
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ). Cognate with Assamese শ্বেখ (sekh), Hindi शेख (śekh).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]শেখ • (śekh) (objective শেখ (śekh) or শেখকে (śekhoke), genitive শেখের (śekher), locative শেখে (śekhe))
- (Islam) sheik; teacher; professor (title of professors and spiritual leaders)
- old man, elder
- sheik, chief, chieftain, patriarch
Derived terms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]শেখ • (śekh)
References
[edit]- Accessible Dictionary, “শেখ” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
- Accessible Dictionary, “শেখ, সেখ, শাইখ, শইখ, শয়খ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh
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