Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shaykh al-islam

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: shaykh al-is-lam
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An outstanding scholar of Islamic interpretation, jurisprudence, theology, etc.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الإسلام شيخ, literally "elder of Islam".

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: الإسلام

Inflected Forms

shaykhs al-Islam (plural) shaikh al-Islam (alternative) sheikh al-Islam (alternative) shaikh ul-Islam (alternative) sheikh ul-Islam (alternative) shaykh ul-Islam (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

sheik

Questions

What does shaykh al-islam mean?: An outstanding scholar of Islamic interpretation, jurisprudence, theology, etc.
Where does shaykh al-islam come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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