"shehe" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-shehe.flac [Kenya] Forms: mashehe [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|ar|شَيْخ}} Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ), {{root|sw|ar|ش ي خ}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} shehe, {{sw-noun|ma}} shehe (ma class, plural mashehe)
  1. sheik (Muslim cleric) Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): Islam, Leaders Synonyms: sheik
    Sense id: en-shehe-sw-noun-W7qXw0QP Disambiguation of Islam: 89 11 Disambiguation of Leaders: 79 21
  2. (chess) king Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): Chess, Chess
    Sense id: en-shehe-sw-noun-6B3-aYQa Disambiguation of Chess: 11 89 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Topics: board-games, chess, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ushehe Related terms: shaha, mfalme, kete kuu, malkia, ngome, sataranja, padre, farasi, jemadari, kitunda

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for shehe meaning in Swahili (2.8kB)

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