şeyh
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish شیخ, from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).
Noun
şeyh (definite accusative şeyhi, plural şeyhler)
- religious leader, sheik
- leader of a tribe or family
Derived terms
- şeyhlik
- şeyhsiz
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “şeyh”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “شیخ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1145
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN