shaikh

or shaykh

[ sheyk, shahyk ]

noun
  1. Also called pir. (in Sufism) the spiritual guide.

Origin of shaikh

1
From the Arabic word shaykh literally, old man

Words Nearby shaikh

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How to use shaikh in a sentence

  • Manifestly Bburs remission was absolute and made at the date given by shaikh Zain as that of the farmn.

    The Bbur-nma in English | Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
  • The shaikh was able, it would appear, to see himself as others saw him, since the above description of him is his own.

    The Bbur-nma in English | Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
  • This official statement will have been with Bburs own papers; it will have been copied by shaikh Zain into his own paraphrase.

    The Bbur-nma in English | Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
  • There is against his doing so his statement that he inserts shaikh Zains Fat-nma because it gives particulars.

    The Bbur-nma in English | Babur, Emperor of Hindustan