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- Said to be same as
- sheikh
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- female form of label
- אחונדית
- native label
- آخوند
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Akhund () is a Persian title or surname for Islamic scholars, common in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Azerbaijan. Other names for similar Muslim scholars include Sheikh and Mullah.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “akhoond” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.