jeque
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish xeque, from Andalusian Arabic شَيْخ (šéḵ), from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ, “an elder in charge”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editjeque m (plural jeques)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “jeque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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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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