"shaikh" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1883, Omar Khayyám, trans. Edward Henry Whinfield, Quatrains of Omar Khayyám, No. 80, page 54",
          "text": "To the wine-house I saw the sage repair, / Bearing a wine-cup, and a mat for prayer; / I said, \"O Shaikh, what does this conduct mean?\" / Said he, \"Go drink! the world is naught but air.\"",
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  "word": "shaikh"
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          "text": "To the wine-house I saw the sage repair, / Bearing a wine-cup, and a mat for prayer; / I said, \"O Shaikh, what does this conduct mean?\" / Said he, \"Go drink! the world is naught but air.\"",
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