sheikha

English

Alternative forms

• shaikha

Noun

sheikha (plural sheikhas)

1. A female sheikh.
   • 2012, Robin Wright, Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World:

     Plus, Umm Waraqah was never explicitly forbidden to lead a mixed congregation. Wadud is now among a growing number of scholars, jurists, sheikhas, imamahs, and ordinary Muslim women pressing for the powers of religious authority.