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shaikh

shaikh is the alternative spelling of sheik.

Proper noun capitalized: Shaikh

Shaikh (plural Shaikhs)

  1. A surname.

Forms of shaikh

Noun
pluralshaikhs
Proper noun
pluralShaikhs

Phrases with shaikh

Questions about shaikh

What does shaikh mean?
Shaikh means a surname.
What is shaikh the alternative spelling of?
Shaikh is the alternative spelling of sheik.
What part of speech is shaikh?
Shaikh is a proper noun.

Words near shaikh in the dictionary

  1. Shaigia
  2. Shaigiya
  3. shaik
  4. shaikdom
  5. shaikdoms
  6. shaikh
  7. shaikh al-Islam
  8. shaikh ul-Islam
  9. shaikha
  10. shaikhas
  11. shaikhdom

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shaikh (page history and authors); Shaikh (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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