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shaikh al-Islam

shaikh al-Islam is the alternative form of shaykh al-Islam.

Meaning of shaykh al-Islam

Noun

shaykh al-Islam (plural shaykhs al-Islam)

  1. (historical) An outstanding scholar of Islamic interpretation, jurisprudence, theology, etc.

Forms of shaikh al-Islam

pluralshaikhs al-Islam

Questions about shaikh al-Islam

What is shaikh al-Islam the alternative form of?
Shaikh al-Islam is the alternative form of shaykh al-Islam.

Words near shaikh al-Islam in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shaikh al-Islam (page history and authors); shaykh al-Islam (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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