শেখ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• শায়খ (śaẏokh), শায়েখ (śaẏekh), শাইখ (śaikh), শইখ (śoikh), শৈখ (śōikh), শয়খ (śoẏokh), সেখ (śekh)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ). Cognate with Assamese শ্বেখ (sekh), Hindi शेख (śekh).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃekʰ/, [ˈʃeːk], [ˈʃex]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃekʰ/, [ˈʃeːk], [ˈʃex]

Noun

শেখ • (śekh) (objective শেখ (śekh) or শেখকে (śekhoke), genitive শেখের (śekher), locative শেখে (śekhe))

1. (Islam) sheik; teacher; professor (title of professors and spiritual leaders)
2. old man, elder
3. sheik, chief, chieftain, patriarch

Derived terms

• মশায়েখ (mośaẏekh)
• শেখজাদা (śekhjada)

Proper noun

শেখ • (śekh)

1. a surname from Arabic, equivalent to English Sheikh or Shaikh

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “শেখ” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “শেখ, সেখ, শাইখ, শইখ, শয়খ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh