Arabic exports

sheikh

Arabic šayḵ is literally 'old man', from a root meaning 'to grow old'; respect for age made it the title of tribal chiefs and religious masters, and English took it in the 1570s.

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From English to American English

From Arabic to Old Spanish, Spanish

From Arabic to Hausa

From Arabic to Swahili

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