shaikh

See also: Shaikh

English

Noun

shaikh (plural shaikhs)

1. Alternative spelling of sheik
   • 1883, Omar Khayyám, trans. Edward Henry Whinfield, Quatrains of Omar Khayyám, No. 80, page 54:

     To the wine-house I saw the sage repair, / Bearing a wine-cup, and a mat for prayer; / I said, "O Shaikh, what does this conduct mean?" / Said he, "Go drink! the world is naught but air."

Anagrams

• K'a-shih, shikha