- a variation of shaikh.
shaykh
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Shortly after arriving, a Bedouin shaykh offered me some tea and asked me what I thought of the "clash of civilizations" between his people and mine.
From Salon • Aug. 2, 2010
We shall see him later as a Greek doctor, a Pathan Hakim, and an Arab shaykh.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas
The Arabs declared me to be a shaykh of shaykhs, and translated to the prettiest of the party an impromptu proposal of marriage.
From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus
Palmer, instead of securing a powerful chief, as the case required, selected a man of small account named Matr Nassar, and this petty shaykh and his nephew were the expedition's only defence.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas
I went in the dress of an Arab lady of Damascus, but as myself, accompanied by Khamoor in her village dress and introducing Hadji Abdullah, a Moslem shaykh of Damascus.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas
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