Sheikh

E438786
Arabic honorific Islamic honorific honorific title

Sheikh is an honorific title in Arabic-speaking and Islamic cultures denoting a leader, elder, or person of high social, religious, or political status.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sheikh canonical 13
Shaikh 2
Sayyid means master or leader 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic honorific ⓘ
Islamic honorific ⓘ
honorific title ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persian Gulf states NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
canBeConferredByCommunity true ⓘ
canBeConferredByReligiousInstitution true ⓘ
canBeHereditary true ⓘ
contrastedWithTitle Emir ⓘ
Imam ⓘ
Sayyid NERFINISHED ⓘ
denotes elder ⓘ
leader ⓘ
person of high political status ⓘ
person of high religious status ⓘ
person of high social status ⓘ
etymologicallyDerivedFrom Arabic root Š-Y-KH ⓘ
genderAssociation typically male ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOrigin Arabic ⓘ
hasPluralFormInArabic mashayikh ⓘ
shuyukh ⓘ
hasRoleInEducation teacher of Islamic sciences ⓘ
hasRoleInSufism spiritual guide ⓘ
literalMeaning elder ⓘ
old man ⓘ
transliterationVariant Shaikh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shaykh ⓘ
usedAsHonorificPrefixToName true ⓘ
usedAsTitleFor Islamic scholar ⓘ
Quranic teacher ⓘ
Sufi master ⓘ
clan leader ⓘ
judge in Islamic law ⓘ
member of a royal family in Gulf states ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
ruler of a sheikhdom ⓘ
tribal leader ⓘ
village headman ⓘ
usedInContext political authority ⓘ
religious authority ⓘ
social hierarchy ⓘ
tribal leadership ⓘ
usedInCulture Arabic-speaking cultures ⓘ
Islamic cultures ⓘ
usedInReligion Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
writtenInArabicScript شيخ ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al Maktoum family → usesTitle → Sheikh ⓘ
Sufi saint Salim Chishti → honorificTitle → Sheikh ⓘ
subject surface form: Salim Chishti
this entity surface form: Shaikh
Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum → title → Sheikh ⓘ
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan → honorificTitle → Sheikh ⓘ
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin → honorificTitle → Sheikh ⓘ
Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani → hasHonorific → Sheikh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shaykh
Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir → honorificPrefix → Sheikh ⓘ
Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir → hasTitle → Sheikh ⓘ
Sheikh Sejadin → honorificTitle → Sheikh ⓘ
Imam → relatedConcept → Sheikh ⓘ
Sayyid Shabab Ahl al-Jannah → meaningOfComponent → Sheikh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sayyid means master or leader
Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani → hasTitle → Sheikh ⓘ
Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani → title → Sheikh ⓘ
Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani → title → Sheikh ⓘ
Shaikh Mubarak Nagori → honorificPrefix → Sheikh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shaikh
Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani → royalTitle → Sheikh ⓘ
Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa → hasTitle → Sheikh ⓘ