What is a sheikh im lost?
Sheikh, also rendered as Sheik, Cheikh, Shaikh, 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 lord, a revered wise man, or an Islamic scholar. Although the title generally refers to a male person, there existed in history also a very small number of female sheikhs.
