See also: sejk

Czech edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Derived from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

šejk m anim

  1. sheik (the leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
  2. sheik (An Islamic religious cleric; the leader of an Islamic religious order)

Declension edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading edit

  • šejk in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • šejk in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989