sheikh.
The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.
Meaning & usage
The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.
An Islamic religious cleric; the master of a Sufi order.
An official title for members of the royal family as well as some prominent families.
A romantic lover.
An Arab, especially one dressed in traditional clothing.
A member of one of the three hereditary, traditionally endogamous Yazidi castes, taking certain spiritual and leadership roles.
An honorific for specialists in spirituality, for example in Sufism.
Where this word comes from
From Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ, “elder”). Sense 4 (“a romantic lover”) is from the 1921 film The Sheik.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.