Sheik is a term synonymous with great power, respect, and wealth, and often religion.
Source: tatoeba (8490193)
Sheik
//ʃeɪk//
Synonyms for "sheik" (43 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (21)
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7 entriesTranslations
135 translations across 63 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- sheik noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Arabic
4 entries- شيخ noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- شيخ noun (Islamic religious clergy)
- شيخ noun (Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family)
- شَيْخ noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Armenian
3 entries- շեյխ noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- շեյխ noun (Islamic religious clergy)
- շեյխ noun (Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family)
Avar
2 entries- шайих noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- шайих noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- şeyx noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Belarusian
1 entries- шэйх noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Bengali
2 entries- শেখ noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- শেখ noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Bulgarian
3 entries- донжуа́н noun (1920s: romantic lover)
- шейх noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- шейх noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Catalan
1 entries- xeic noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- شێخ noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- شێخ noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Chichewa
1 entries- shehe noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 謝赫 /谢赫 noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- 酋長 /酋长 noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Czech
4 entries- šajch noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- šajch noun (Islamic religious clergy)
- šejch noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- šejch noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Dutch
4 entries- sheik noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- sheik noun (Islamic religious clergy)
- sheik noun (Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family)
- sheik noun (1920s: romantic lover)
Esperanto
2 entries- ŝejko noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- ŝejĥo noun (Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family)
Estonian
2 entries- šeik noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- šeik noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Finnish
4 entries- sheikki noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- šeikki noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- šeikki noun (Islamic religious clergy)
- šeikki noun (Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family)
French
1 entries- cheik noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Galician
1 entries- xeque noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Georgian
3 entries- შეიხი noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- შეიხი noun (Islamic religious clergy)
- შეიხი noun (Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family)
German
3 entries- Scheich noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- Scheich noun (Islamic religious clergy)
- Scheich noun (Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family)
Greek
4 entries- γόης noun (1920s: romantic lover)
- σεΐχης noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- σεΐχης noun (Islamic religious clergy)
- σεΐχης noun (Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family)
Gujarati
2 entries- શેખ noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- શેખ noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Hebrew
2 entries- שֵׁיח noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- שייח׳ noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Hindi
4 entries- शेख noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- शेख noun (Islamic religious clergy)
- शैख़ noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- शैख़ noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Hungarian
3 entries- sejk noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- sejk noun (Islamic religious clergy)
- sejk noun (Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family)
Icelandic
1 entries- sjeik noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Ido
1 entries- sheiko noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Indonesian
1 entries- syekh noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- شِیخ noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- شِیخ noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Irish
1 entries- síc noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Italian
1 entries- sceicco noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Japanese
4 entries- シェイフ noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- シェイフ noun (Islamic religious clergy)
- シャイフ noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- シャイフ noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Kazakh
1 entries- шайқы noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Korean
1 entries- 샤이크 noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- шайык noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Macedonian
4 entries- донжуа́н noun (1920s: romantic lover)
- ше́ик noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- ше́ик noun (Islamic religious clergy)
- ше́ик noun (Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family)
Malay
1 entries- syeikh noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- şêx noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- şêx noun (Islamic religious clergy)
- şêx noun (Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- sjeik noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- sjeik noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- sjeik noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- sjeik noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Pashto
1 entries- شيخ noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Persian
2 entries- شَیْخ noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- شَیْخ noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Polish
1 entries- szejk noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Portuguese
4 entries- xeique noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- xeique noun (Islamic religious clergy)
- xeique noun (Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family)
- xeque noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Romanian
1 entries- șeic noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Russian
4 entries- донжуа́н noun (1920s: romantic lover)
- шейх noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- шейх noun (Islamic religious clergy)
- шейх noun (Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- šȅik noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- ше̏ик noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Slovak
1 entries- šejk noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Slovene
1 entries- šejk noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Spanish
3 entries- jeque noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- jeque noun (Islamic religious clergy)
- jeque noun (Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family)
Swahili
1 entries- shehe noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Swedish
4 entries- schejk noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- schejk noun (Islamic religious clergy)
- schejk noun (Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family)
- shejk noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Tagalog
2 entries- heke noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- heke noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Tajik
2 entries- шайх noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- шайх noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Turkish
1 entries- şeyh noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Turkmen
1 entries- şyh noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Ukrainian
1 entries- шейх noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Urdu
2 entries- شَیخ noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- شَیخ noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Uyghur
2 entries- شەيخ noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
- شەيخ noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Uzbek
1 entries- shayx noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Yao
1 entries- shehe noun (Islamic religious clergy)
Yiddish
1 entries- שייך noun (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
His father was a Sheik, or captain of a tribe of Bedouins, the real desert tribes of Arabs, who live only in tents in an oasis of the desert.
Source: tatoeba (12060138)
Tarzan, who, by this time, with the assistance of Abdul, had picked up quite a smattering of Arab, questioned one of the younger men who had accompanied the sheik while the latter paid his respects to Captain Gerard.
Source: wiktionary
He then studied under a variety of scholars (shuyook) and institutes around the world in his quest for authentic knowledge.
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