শেখ

Bengali

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ). Cognate with Assamese শ্বেখ (sekh), Hindi शेख (śekh).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃekʰ/, [ˈʃeːk], [ˈʃex]
    Audio:(file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃekʰ/, [ˈʃeːk], [ˈʃex]

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

  • মশায়েখ (mośaẏekh)
  • শেখজাদা (śekhjada)

Proper noun

শেখ • (śekh)

  1. a surname from Arabic, equivalent to English Sheikh or Shaikh

Derived terms

  • শেখ মুহাম্মদ (śekh muhammod)

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