شیخی

Persian

Etymology

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Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ)bor.

Persian

Persian

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃaj.ˈxiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃeː.xiː], [ʃäj.xiː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃeː.xiː], [ʃäj.xiː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃi.xi], [ʃäj.xi]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃej.xiː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäj.χi]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šayxī
Dari reading^?	šēxī, šayxī
Iranian reading^?	šeyxi
Tajik reading^?	šayxi

Noun

شیخی • (šayxī / šeyxi) (Tajik spelling шайхӣ)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “شیخی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (šayxī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃeː.xiː/

Noun

شیخی • (śexī) f (Hindi spelling शेख़ी)

boasting, bragging, arrogance

Further reading

“شیخی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “شیخی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.