Where does “шейх” come from?

шейх (Russian) comes from Arabic شَيْخ, from Arabic شَاخَ — to age, grow old; to age, to grow old; to grow...

шейх (Russian): sheik, sheikh

Definitions

  1. sheik, sheikh

Ancestry of “шейх”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicشَيْخsheikh; an elder in charge; elder
2Arabicشَاخَto age, grow old; to age, to grow old; to grow...
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