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Is it Shaikh or sheikh please? Or neither?
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Sheikh, also rendered as Sheik, Cheikh, Sjeik, Shaykh, Shaikh, Sheekh, Sheyh, Šeih, Šejh, Şeyh and other variants (Arabic: شيخ shaykh; (in Urdu شیخ, Shiekh); pl. شيوخ shuyūkh), is a word or honorific term in the Arabic language that literally means "Scholar".
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Sheikh, also rendered as Sheik, Cheikh, Sjeik, Shaykh, Shaikh, Sheekh, Sheyh, Šeih, Šejh, Şeyh and other variants (Arabic: شيخ shaykh; (in Urdu شیخ, Shiekh); pl. شيوخ shuyūkh), is a word or honorific term in the Arabic language that literally means "Scholar".