শেখ

Bengali

Alternative forms

শায়খ (śaẏokh), শায়েখ (śaẏekh)
শাইখ (śaikh)
শইখ (śoikh)
শয়খ (śoẏokh)
সেখ (śekh)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃekʰ/, [ˈʃeːk], [ˈʃex]
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(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃekʰ/, [ˈʃeːk], [ˈʃex]

Noun

শেখ • (śekh) (objective শেখ (śekh) or শেখকে (śekhoke), genitive শেখের (śekher), locative শেখে (śekhe))

(Islam) sheik; teacher; professor (title of professors and spiritual leaders)
old man, elder
sheik, chief, chieftain, patriarch

Derived terms

মশায়েখ (mośaẏekh)
শেখজাদা (śekhjada)

Proper noun

শেখ • (śekh)

a surname from Arabic, equivalent to English Sheikh

References

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

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