SHEIKA


Meaning of SHEIKA in English

/shay"kah/ , n. (in Islamic countries)

1. the wife of a sheik.

2. a woman who heads a large family and is revered, esp. as a guardian of religious ways.

Also, sheikha /shayk"hah, shay"khah/ .

[ 1850-55; shaykha ]

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