sheikh

/ ʃeɪk /

noun

1. 1. the head of an Arab tribe, village, etc
   2. a venerable old man
   3. a high priest or religious leader, esp a Sufi master

Word History and Origins

Origin of sheikh¹

C16: from Arabic shaykh old man

Example Sentences

Foreign currency reserves fell during months of student-led protests and political turmoil that ousted the Sheikh Hasina government in August.

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Adani’s power deal with Bangladesh, signed in 2015, was one of the many under Sheikh Hasina, which the current interim government has called opaque.

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"They think that resistance is weakened by the death of Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, but we are all Nasrallah," he says, referring to the Hezbollah leader killed by Israel in Dahieh last month.

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It blew up booby trapped pagers and walkie talkies it had deceived Hezbollah into buying, invaded south Lebanon and killed Hezbollah’s leader Sheikh Hasan Nasrallah, a man who had been a symbol of defiant resistance to Israel for decades.

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Last year, Salmond and his wife Moira travelled to London to support Ahmed-Sheikh's filmmaker husband, Zulfikar Sheikh, when he received a directing award.

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