sheikh
/ʃeɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An official title for members of the royal family as well as some prominent families.
noun
A member of one of the three hereditary, traditionally endogamous Yazidi castes, taking certain spiritual and leadership roles.
noun
An honorific for specialists in spirituality, for example in Sufism.
noun
The title of a sheikh.
Example Sentences
- "Tarzan, who, by this time, with the assistance of Abdul, had picked up quite a smattering of Arab, questioned one of the younger men who had accompanied the sheik while the latter paid his respects to Captain Gerard."
- "He then studied under a variety of scholars (shuyook) and institutes around the world in his quest for authentic knowledge."
- "When your last natural tooth goes, the time when you can kid yourself that you're a Hollywood sheik, is definitely at an end."
- "The Makaddam of Dhaboot, Sheikh Awadth, is a fine-looking old man, and seemed much gratified at the recognition by Government of his kindness to the sailors. Two of the headmen of Nishton, Sheikhs Muhammad and Moosa, who happened to be here, received their presents at the same time as Sheikh Awadth."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: شَيْخ, ش ي خ