शेख़

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَیْخ (šayx), from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ). Cognate with Assamese শ্বেখ (sekh), Bengali শেখ (śekh).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃeːx/, /ʃeːkʰ/

Noun

शेख़ • (śex) m (Urdu spelling شیخ)

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

Declension

Declension of शेख़ (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct शेख़
śex 		शेख़
śex
oblique शेख़
śex 		शेख़ों
śexõ
vocative शेख़
śex 		शेख़ो
śexo

Proper noun

शेख़ • (śex) m

  1. a surname, Sheikh or Shaikh, from Arabic
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