শেখ
Bengali edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).
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
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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