Definitions for sheikh
sheikh

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sheik, tribal sheik, sheikh, tribal sheikh, Arab chiefnoun

   the leader of an Arab village or family

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1. sheikh

   A sheikh is an honorific title in the Arabic culture that is given to a man who is a leader or elder of a community, tribe, or family. The title is also used for a religious scholar, or a man who has achieved mastery in Islamic sciences or spirituality. In a wider context, it can also refer to a head of state or royalty in certain Arab and Muslim countries.

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1. Sheikh

   Sheikh —also spelled Sheik or Shaikh or Shekh, or transliterated as Shaykh—is an honorific in the Arabic language that literally means "elder" and carries the meaning "leader and/or governor". It is commonly used to designate the front man of a tribe who got this title after his father, or an Islamic scholar who got this title after graduating from the basic Islamic school. Sheikha is the female equivalent of the term. A sheikh who is wise is called ḥakīm adjective حكيم‎, ḥākim noun حاكم‎, yaḥkum verb يحكم‎; and can govern. The scholar sheikh here can govern but cannot lead directly because the leader is the imam which is based upon the Qur'an and authentic Sunnah; on the other hand the family sheikh can always lead but cannot govern unless he is wise. Although the title generally refers to a male, a very small number of female sheikhs have also existed. It also refers generally to a man over forty years of age. While even a new Muslim can be called a sheikh if he is diligent in seeking the knowledge of Islam based upon the Qur'an and authentic Sunnah, he can be referred to as such by those he teaches. Usually, a person is known as a sheikh when he has completed his undergraduate university studies in Islamic studies and is trained in giving lectures. The word sheikh under this meaning is a synonym of Alim, plural Ulama, Mawlawi, Mawlānā, Muhaddith, Faqīh, Qadi, Mufti, Hadhrat or Hafiz.

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1. Sheikh

   the chief of an Arab tribe; used often as a title of respect, Sheikh-ul-Islam being the ecclesiastical head of Mohammedans in Turkey.

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1. SHEIKH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sheikh is ranked #5384 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Sheikh surname appeared 6,462 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Sheikh.
   
   71.6% or 4,628 total occurrences were Asian.
   14.2% or 921 total occurrences were Black.
   8% or 518 total occurrences were White.
   3.8% or 250 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.1% or 137 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.1% or 8 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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1. • Ruler

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sheikh in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sheikh in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of sheikh in a Sentence

1. Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr:

   He always had good advice for me, on how to improve Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. How to be good to others. How to make positive change.

2. Parliament Damian Collins:

   In a leaked letter received by the Al Bilad newspaper it was claimed that Sheikh Salman had spent upwards of 850,000 dinars( 1.6 million GBP) on Sheikh Salman campaign and that some of Sheikh Salman money had come from FIFA financed football development projects.

3. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:

   This is blatant foolishness and insanity. When he still could address the Bahraini people, Sheikh Isa Qassim... would advise against radical and armed actions, attacking Sheikh Isa Qassim means removing all obstacles blocking heroic Bahraini youths from attacking the regime.

4. Abu Hamza al-Qarshi:

   America, do not be happy with the killing of Sheikh al-Baghdadi, do you not realize that the State today is not only on the doorstep of Europe and in the center of Africa, it is staying and expanding from the East to the West.

5. Isaac Herzog:

   I will be meeting the leadership of the United Arab Emirates, at the personal invitation of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, the Crown Prince, i wish him well and I am grateful for his courage and bold leadership, carving out a peace agreement with Israel and sending a message to the entire region that peace is the only alternative for the peoples of the region.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sheikh
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sheikh
4. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Sheikh
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html