شیخ
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).
Noun edit
شیخ • (şeyh) (plural شیوخ or اشیاخ or شیخه or مشیخه or مشایخ, feminine equivalent شیخه)
Derived terms edit
- شیخ الاسلام (Şeyhülislam)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شیخ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 740
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شیخ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, pages 1145–6
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʃajx]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʃejx]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʃäjχ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | šayx |
Dari reading? | šēx, šayx |
Iranian reading? | šeyx |
Tajik reading? | šayx |
Noun edit
Dari | شیخ |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | шайх |
شیخ • (šeyx)
Synonyms edit
- پیر (pir)
Descendants edit
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Persian شیخ (šēx), from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃeːx/
- Rhymes: -eːx
Adjective edit
شیخ • (śex) (Hindi spelling शेख़)
- (colloquial) stingy
- pious; religiously knowledgeable
Noun edit
شیخ • (śex) m (formal plural شُیُوخ (śuyūx), Hindi spelling शेख़)
- (literally) a sheik (and all the meaning that encompass, inc. but not limited to)
- an old; elder (man)
Declension edit
Declension of شیخ | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | شیخ (śex) | شیخ (śex) |
oblique | شیخ (śex) | شیخوں (śexō̃) |
vocative | شیخ (śex) | شیخو (śexō) |
Proper noun edit
شیخ • (śex) m (Hindi spelling शेख़)
Further reading edit
- “شیخ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “شیخ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شيخ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.