"sheikh" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃeɪk/, /ʃik/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-sheik.wav [General-American] Forms: sheikhs [plural], sheik [alternative], shaykh [alternative]
Rhymes: -eɪk Etymology: From Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ, “elder”). Sense 4 (“a romantic lover”) is from the 1921 film The Sheik. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|شَيْخ|t=elder}} Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ, “elder”), {{senseno|en|romantic lover|uc=1}} Sense 4, {{m-g|a romantic lover}} “a romantic lover”, {{root|en|ar|ش ي خ}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} sheikh (plural sheikhs)
  1. The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe. Translations (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe): sheik [masculine] (Albanian), شَيْخ (šayḵ) [masculine] (Arabic), شيخ (šēḵ) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), շեյխ (šeyx) (Armenian), шайих (šajix) (Avar), şeyx (Azerbaijani), шэйх (šejx) [masculine] (Belarusian), শেখ (śekh) (Bengali), шейх (šejh) [masculine] (Bulgarian), xeic [masculine] (Catalan), شێخ (şêx) (Central Kurdish), 謝赫 /谢赫 (xièhè) (Chinese Mandarin), 酋長 /酋长 (qiúzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), šejk [masculine] (Czech), šejch [masculine] (Czech), šajch [masculine] (Czech), sheik [masculine] (Dutch), ŝejko (Esperanto), šeik (Estonian), šeikki (Finnish), sheikki (Finnish), cheik [masculine] (French), xeque [masculine] (Galician), შეიხი (šeixi) (Georgian), Scheich [masculine] (German), σεΐχης (seḯchis) [masculine] (Greek), શેખ (śekh) [masculine] (Gujarati), שייח׳ (Hebrew), שֵׁיח (sheykh) [masculine] (Hebrew), शैख़ (śaix) [masculine] (Hindi), शेख (śekh) [masculine] (Hindi), sejk (Hungarian), sjeik [masculine] (Icelandic), sheiko (Ido), syekh (Indonesian), شِیخ (šeyx) (Iranian Persian), síc [masculine] (Irish), sceicco (Italian), シャイフ (shaifu) (Japanese), シェイフ (sheifu) (Japanese), шайқы (šayqı) (Kazakh), 샤이크 (syaikeu) (Korean), шайык (şayık) (Kyrgyz), ше́ик (šéik) [masculine] (Macedonian), syeikh (Malay), şêx (Northern Kurdish), sjeik [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjeik [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), شيخ (šayx) [masculine] (Pashto), شَیْخ (šayx) (Persian), szejk [masculine] (Polish), xeique [masculine] (Portuguese), xeque [masculine] (Portuguese), șeic (Romanian), шейх (šejx) [masculine] (Russian), ше̏ик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), šȅik [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), šejk [masculine] (Slovak), šejk [masculine] (Slovene), jeque [masculine] (Spanish), schejk (Swedish), shejk [common-gender] (Swedish), heke (Tagalog), шайх (šayx) (Tajik), şeyh (Turkish), şyh (Turkmen), шейх (šejx) [masculine] (Ukrainian), شَیخ (śaix) [masculine] (Urdu), شەيخ (sheyx) (Uyghur), shayx (Uzbek), שייך (sheykh) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-sheikh-en-noun-pUm5Fy3h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 7 17 2 19 20 17 Disambiguation of 'leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe': 68 1 1 1 26 2 1
  2. An Islamic religious cleric; the master of a Sufi order. Translations (Islamic religious clergy): شَيْخ (šayḵ) [masculine] (Arabic), شيخ (šēḵ) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), շեյխ (šeyx) (Armenian), шайих (šajix) (Avar), শেখ (śekh) (Bengali), шейх (šejh) [masculine] (Bulgarian), شێخ (şêx) (Central Kurdish), shehe (Chichewa), 謝赫 /谢赫 (xièhè) (Chinese Mandarin), šejk [masculine] (Czech), šejch [masculine] (Czech), šajch [masculine] (Czech), sheik [masculine] (Dutch), šeik (Estonian), šeikki (Finnish), შეიხი (šeixi) (Georgian), Scheich [masculine] (German), σεΐχης (seḯchis) [masculine] (Greek), શેખ (śekh) [masculine] (Gujarati), शैख़ (śaix) [masculine] (Hindi), शेख (śekh) [masculine] (Hindi), sejk (Hungarian), شِیخ (šeyx) (Iranian Persian), シャイフ (shaifu) (Japanese), シェイフ (sheifu) (Japanese), ше́ик (šéik) [masculine] (Macedonian), şêx (Northern Kurdish), sjeik [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjeik [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), شَیْخ (šayx) (Persian), xeique [masculine] (Portuguese), xeque [masculine] (Portuguese), шейх (šejx) [masculine] (Russian), jeque [masculine] (Spanish), shehe (Swahili), shejk [common-gender] (Swedish), schejk [common-gender] (Swedish), heke (Tagalog), шайх (šayx) (Tajik), شَیخ (śaix) [masculine] (Urdu), شەيخ (sheyx) (Uyghur), shehe (Yao (Africa))
    Sense id: en-sheikh-en-noun-uQoHBw7D Categories (other): Islam Disambiguation of Islam: 12 55 1 0 14 14 4 Disambiguation of 'Islamic religious clergy': 2 87 1 1 2 1 6
  3. (some Arab Gulf countries) An official title for members of the royal family as well as some prominent families. Translations (Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family): شَيْخ (šayḵ) [masculine] (Arabic), شيخ (šēḵ) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), շեյխ (šeyx) (Armenian), 謝赫 /谢赫 (xièhè) (Chinese Mandarin), sheik [masculine] (Dutch), ŝejĥo (Esperanto), šeikki (Finnish), შეიხი (šeixi) (Georgian), Scheich [masculine] (German), σεΐχης (seḯchis) [masculine] (Greek), sejk (Hungarian), sceicco [masculine] (Italian), ше́ик (šéik) [masculine] (Macedonian), şêx [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), xeique [masculine] (Portuguese), xeque [masculine] (Portuguese), шейх (šejx) [masculine] (Russian), jeque [masculine] (Spanish), shejk [common-gender] (Swedish), schejk [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sheikh-en-noun-GfWZUEy2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 7 17 2 19 20 17 Disambiguation of 'Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family': 7 1 79 1 5 5 3
  4. (slang, archaic) A romantic lover. Tags: archaic, slang Translations (1920s: romantic lover): донжуа́н (donžuán) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sheik [masculine] (Dutch), γόης (góis) (Greek), донжуа́н (donžuán) [masculine] (Macedonian), донжуа́н (donžuán) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-sheikh-en-noun-en:romantic_lover Disambiguation of '1920s: romantic lover': 6 3 3 75 7 3 3
  5. (slang) An Arab, especially one dressed in traditional clothing. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-sheikh-en-noun-YbaHulrE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Avar translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with Chichewa translations, Terms with Classical Persian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Gujarati 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  6. A member of one of the three hereditary, traditionally endogamous Yazidi castes, taking certain spiritual and leadership roles.
    Sense id: en-sheikh-en-noun-RjRV0ys1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 7 17 2 19 20 17
  7. An honorific for specialists in spirituality, for example in Sufism.
    Sense id: en-sheikh-en-noun-w6TF9jLU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 7 17 2 19 20 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Baba Sheikh, sheik al-Yahud, sheikdom, sheiklike, sheikly Related terms: shaykh al-Islam, sheikha

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "šeikki"
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          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
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          "lang_code": "gl",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "xeque"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "roman": "šeixi",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "შეიხი"
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          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Scheich"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "lang_code": "el",
          "roman": "seḯchis",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
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          ],
          "word": "σεΐχης"
        },
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          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "lang_code": "gu",
          "roman": "śekh",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "શેખ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "lang_code": "he",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "שייח׳"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "lang_code": "he",
          "roman": "sheykh",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "שֵׁיח"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "śaix",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "शैख़"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "śekh",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "शेख"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "sejk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "lang_code": "is",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sjeik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
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          "lang_code": "io",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "sheiko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "lang_code": "id",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "syekh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "síc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "sceicco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "roman": "shaifu",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "シャイフ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "roman": "sheifu",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "シェイフ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "lang_code": "kk",
          "roman": "šayqı",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "шайқы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "lang_code": "ko",
          "roman": "syaikeu",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "샤이크"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "lang_code": "ckb",
          "roman": "şêx",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "شێخ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "kmr",
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          "lang_code": "kmr",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "şêx"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "lang_code": "ky",
          "roman": "şayık",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "шайык"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "roman": "šéik",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ше́ик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "lang_code": "ms",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "syeikh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "lang_code": "nb",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sjeik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "lang_code": "nn",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sjeik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "lang_code": "ps",
          "roman": "šayx",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "شيخ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "fa-cls",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "lang_code": "fa-cls",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Persian"
          ],
          "roman": "šayx",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "شَیْخ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "lang_code": "fa-ira",
          "roman": "šeyx",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "شِیخ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "szejk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "xeique"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "xeque"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "șeic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "šejx",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шейх"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ше̏ик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "šȅik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "lang_code": "sk",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "šejk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "lang_code": "sl",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "šejk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jeque"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "schejk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "sv",
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          "lang_code": "sv",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "shejk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "lang_code": "tl",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "heke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "lang_code": "tg",
          "roman": "šayx",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "шайх"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "şeyh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "lang_code": "tk",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "şyh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "lang_code": "uk",
          "roman": "šejx",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шейх"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "lang_code": "ur",
          "roman": "śaix",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "شَیخ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "lang_code": "ug",
          "roman": "sheyx",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "شەيخ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "lang_code": "uz",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "word": "shayx"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 1 1 26 2 1",
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          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "lang_code": "yi",
          "roman": "sheykh",
          "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "שייך"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 55 1 0 14 14 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Islam",
          "orig": "en:Islam",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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              45,
              52
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          ],
          "ref": "2013 January 8, Islamic Online University Insights, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2021, page 10:",
          "text": "He then studied under a variety of scholars (shuyook) and institutes around the world in his quest for authentic knowledge.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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          "Islamic"
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          "religious"
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          "cleric",
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          "master"
        ],
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          "Sufi",
          "Sufi"
        ],
        [
          "order",
          "order"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "lang_code": "ar",
          "roman": "šayḵ",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "شَيْخ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "lang_code": "arz",
          "roman": "šēḵ",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "شيخ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "roman": "šeyx",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "word": "շեյխ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
          "code": "av",
          "lang": "Avar",
          "lang_code": "av",
          "roman": "šajix",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "word": "шайих"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
          "code": "bn",
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          "lang_code": "bn",
          "roman": "śekh",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "word": "শেখ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "šejh",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шейх"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ny",
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          "lang_code": "ny",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "word": "shehe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "xièhè",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "word": "謝赫 /谢赫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
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          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "šejk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "šejch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
          "code": "cs",
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          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
          "code": "nl",
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          "lang_code": "nl",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sheik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
          "code": "et",
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          "lang_code": "et",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "word": "šeik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "word": "šeikki"
        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "ka",
          "roman": "šeixi",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "word": "შეიხი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Scheich"
        },
        {
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          "code": "el",
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          "lang_code": "el",
          "roman": "seḯchis",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "σεΐχης"
        },
        {
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          "code": "gu",
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          "lang_code": "gu",
          "roman": "śekh",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "શેખ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
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          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "śaix",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "शैख़"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hi",
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          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "śekh",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "शेख"
        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
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        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "ja",
          "roman": "sheifu",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "word": "シェイフ"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "şêx",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "word": "شێخ"
        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "kmr",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "word": "şêx"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
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          "lang_code": "mk",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ше́ик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
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          "lang_code": "nb",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sjeik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
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          "lang_code": "nn",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sjeik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
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            "Classical Persian"
          ],
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          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "word": "شَیْخ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
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          "lang_code": "fa-ira",
          "roman": "šeyx",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "word": "شِیخ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "xeique"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "xeque"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 87 1 1 2 1 6",
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          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "šejx",
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "sceicco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "shaifu",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "シャイフ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "sheifu",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "シェイフ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "šayqı",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "шайқы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "syaikeu",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "샤이크"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "lang_code": "ckb",
      "roman": "şêx",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "شێخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "lang_code": "kmr",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "şêx"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "lang_code": "ky",
      "roman": "şayık",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "шайык"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "šéik",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ше́ик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "lang_code": "ms",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "syeikh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sjeik"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sjeik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "lang_code": "ps",
      "roman": "šayx",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شيخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-cls",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa-cls",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Persian"
      ],
      "roman": "šayx",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "شَیْخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa-ira",
      "roman": "šeyx",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "شِیخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szejk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xeique"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xeque"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "șeic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "šejx",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шейх"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ше̏ик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šȅik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šejk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šejk"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jeque"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "schejk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "shejk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "heke"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "lang_code": "tg",
      "roman": "šayx",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "шайх"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "şeyh"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "lang_code": "tk",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "şyh"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "šejx",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шейх"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "lang_code": "ur",
      "roman": "śaix",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَیخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "lang_code": "ug",
      "roman": "sheyx",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "شەيخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "lang_code": "uz",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "word": "shayx"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "sheykh",
      "sense": "leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שייך"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "šayḵ",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَيْخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "arz",
      "roman": "šēḵ",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شيخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "šeyx",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "շեյխ"
    },
    {
      "code": "av",
      "lang": "Avar",
      "lang_code": "av",
      "roman": "šajix",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "шайих"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "lang_code": "bn",
      "roman": "śekh",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "শেখ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "šejh",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шейх"
    },
    {
      "code": "ny",
      "lang": "Chichewa",
      "lang_code": "ny",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "shehe"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "xièhè",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "謝赫 /谢赫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šejk"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šejch"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šajch"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sheik"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "šeik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "šeikki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "šeixi",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "შეიხი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Scheich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "seḯchis",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σεΐχης"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "lang_code": "gu",
      "roman": "śekh",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "શેખ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "śaix",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "शैख़"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "śekh",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "शेख"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "sejk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "shaifu",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "シャイフ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "sheifu",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "シェイフ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "lang_code": "ckb",
      "roman": "şêx",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "شێخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "lang_code": "kmr",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "şêx"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "šéik",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ше́ик"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sjeik"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sjeik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-cls",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa-cls",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Persian"
      ],
      "roman": "šayx",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "شَیْخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa-ira",
      "roman": "šeyx",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "شِیخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xeique"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xeque"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "šejx",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шейх"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jeque"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "lang_code": "sw",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "shehe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "shejk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "schejk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "heke"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "lang_code": "tg",
      "roman": "šayx",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "шайх"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "lang_code": "ur",
      "roman": "śaix",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَیخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "lang_code": "ug",
      "roman": "sheyx",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "شەيخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yao",
      "lang": "Yao (Africa)",
      "lang_code": "yao",
      "sense": "Islamic religious clergy",
      "word": "shehe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "šayḵ",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَيْخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "arz",
      "roman": "šēḵ",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شيخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "šeyx",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "word": "շեյխ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "xièhè",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "word": "謝赫 /谢赫"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sheik"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "word": "ŝejĥo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "word": "šeikki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "šeixi",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "word": "შეიხი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Scheich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "seḯchis",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σεΐχης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "word": "sejk"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sceicco"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "lang_code": "kmr",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "şêx"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "šéik",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ше́ик"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xeique"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xeque"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "šejx",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шейх"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jeque"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "shejk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "schejk"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "donžuán",
      "sense": "1920s: romantic lover",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "донжуа́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "1920s: romantic lover",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sheik"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "góis",
      "sense": "1920s: romantic lover",
      "word": "γόης"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "donžuán",
      "sense": "1920s: romantic lover",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "донжуа́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "donžuán",
      "sense": "1920s: romantic lover",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "донжуа́н"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sheikh"
}

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