Sheikh synonyms

shāk, shēk

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tribal sheikh
the leader of an Arab village or family
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mohammed (related)
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sheik
(Colloquial) An Islamic religious clergy; the leader of an Islamic religious order.
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tribal sheik
the leader of an Arab village or family
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Arab chief
the leader of an Arab village or family
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abu (related)
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ibrahim (related)
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mohamed (related)
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shaikh (related)
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abdullah (related)
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hasan (related)
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Sayyed (related)
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mohammad (related)
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al-Banna (related)
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sharif (related)
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hassan (related)
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al-Sheikh (related)
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aziz (related)
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al-Thani (related)
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Find another word for sheikh. In this page you can discover 19 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for sheikh, like: tribal sheikh, mohammed, sheik, tribal sheik, Arab chief, abu, ibrahim, mohamed, shaikh, abdullah and hasan.
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Sheikh Sentence Examples

  • The Turks occupied Sheikh `Othman, but were unable to threaten Aden itself.

  • Since then the governor of the town and adjoining district has been a sheikh of the K'ab or Chaab Arabs, a powerful tribe of the Shi'ah branch of Islam.

  • The grand mufti of Constantinople is, as we have seen, nominated by the sultan, but his hold on the people makes him quite an independent power in the state; in Cairo he is not even nominated by the government, but each school of law chooses its own sheikh, who is also mufti, and the IIanifite is head mufti because his school is official in the Turkish Empire.

  • Sultan Ahmad, eldest son of Abu Said, reigned in Bokhara; his brother, Ornar Sheikh, in Ferghana; but the son of the latter, the great Babar, was driven by the Uzbegs to Kabul and India.

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