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sheika

sheika is the alternative form of sheikha.

Meaning of sheikha

Noun

sheikha (plural sheikhas)

  1. A female sheikh.
    • Plus, Umm Waraqah was never explicitly forbidden to lead a mixed congregation. Wadud is now among a growing number of scholars, jurists, sheikhas, imamahs, and ordinary Muslim women pressing for the powers of religious authority.2012, Robin Wright, Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World

Forms of sheika

pluralsheikas

Questions about sheika

What is sheika the alternative form of?
Sheika is the alternative form of sheikha.

Words near sheika in the dictionary

  1. Shehus
  2. Shehzad
  3. Shehzads
  4. sheik
  5. sheik al-Yahud
  6. sheika
  7. sheikas
  8. sheikdom
  9. sheikdoms
  10. sheikh
  11. sheikh al-Islam

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