Tags: Ethnic Group.
[[]]Sheikh also rendered as Sheik Shaykh Shaikh Cheikh Šeih Šejh Şeyh and other variants (Arabic: شيخ shaykh; pl. شيوخ shuyūkh) is a word or honorific term in the Arabic language that literally means elder. It is commonly used to designate an elder of a tribe a revered wise man or an Islamic scholar. Although the title generally refers to a male a very small number of female sheikhs have also existed in history.
