শেখ

শেখ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• শায়খ (śaẏkh)
• শাইখ (śaikhô)
• শইখ (śôikhô)
• শয়খ (śôyôkhô)
• সেখ (sekhô)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْخ‎ (šayḵ).

Noun

শেখ • (śekhô) (objective শেখ or শেখকে, genitive শেখের, locative শেখে)

1. (Islam) sheik; teacher; professor (title of professors and spiritual leaders)
2. old man, elder
3. sheik, chief, chieftain, patriarch
4. A Bengali family name or surname.

Derived terms

• মশায়েখ (môśayekhô)
• শেখজাদা (śekhjada)

References

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