Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian بادشاه (bādšāh), from Arabic بَادْشَاه (bādšāh), from Classical Persian پادشاه (pādišāh, pādšāh). Doublet of پاتشاہ (pātśāh). Compare Urdu بادشاہ.

Noun

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بادشاہ (bādśāh? (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਾਦਸ਼ਾਹ)

  1. sovereign, monarch
  2. king
  3. emperor
  4. (chess) king

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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See also

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Chess pieces in Punjabi · شَطْرَن٘ج دے مُہرے (śat̤raṉj de muhre) (layout · text)
           
راجا (rājā)
بادْشاہ (bādśāh)
وَزِیر (vazīr)
راݨی (rāṇī)
ہاتھی (hāthī)
رُخ (rux)
فِیلا (fīlā)
فَرْضی (farẓī)
گھوڑا (ghoṛā) پیادَہ (peyādah)

Further reading

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  • بادشاہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Urdu

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian بادشاه (bādšāh), from Arabic بَادْشَاه (bādšāh), from Classical Persian پادشاه (pādišāh). Compare Maithili बादसाह (bādᵊsāh) / 𑒥𑒰𑒠𑒮𑒰𑒯 (bādasāha), Punjabi ਬਾਦਸ਼ਾਹ (bādśāh) / بادْشاہ (bādśāh), Sindhi بادشاهُ / बादशाहु, Gujarati બાદશાહ (bādśāh), Marathi बादशहा (bādaśhā), Bengali বাদশাহ (badośah), Telugu పాదుషా (pāduṣā).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    بَادْشَاہ (bādśāhm (feminine مَلِکَہ (malika), Hindi spelling बादशाह)

    1. king, monarch
      Synonyms: شاہ (śāh), راجا (rājā)
    2. Badshah, Padishah
    3. (chess, card games) king
      Synonym: شاہ (śāh)

    Declension

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    Declension of بادشاہ
    singular plural
    direct بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh) بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh)
    oblique بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh) بَادْشَاہوں (bādśāhõ)
    vocative بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh) بَادْشَاہو (bādśāho)

    Derived terms

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    See also

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    Chess pieces in Urdu · مہرے کے شطرنج (śatranj ke muhre) (layout · text)
               
    بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh) وَزِیر (vazīr) رُخ (rux) فِیلَہ (fīla) گھوڑا (ghoṛā) پِیَادَہ (piyāda)
    Playing cards in Urdu · تاش (tāś) (layout · text)
                 
    اِکّا (ikkā) دُکّا (dukkā) تِکّا (tikkā) چَوکا (caukā) پَن٘جا (pañjā) چَھکّا (chakkā) سَتّا (sattā)
                 
    اَٹّھا (aṭṭhā) نَہْلا (nahlā) دَہْلا (dahlā) غُلام (ġulām) بیگَم (begam) بادْشاہ (bādśāh) جوکَر (jokar)

    References

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    • بادشاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بادشاه”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
    • بادشاہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.