jeque
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish xeque, from Andalusian Arabic شَيْخ (šéḵ), from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ, “an elder in charge”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jeque m (plural jeques)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “jeque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
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- Spanish terms derived from Andalusian Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Arabic
- Spanish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eke
- Rhymes:Spanish/eke/2 syllables
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- Spanish masculine nouns