Punjabi

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Etymology

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Corrupted from Classical Persian پادشاه (pādišāh, pādšāh). Doublet of بادشاہ (bādśāh).

Noun

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پاتشاہ (pātśāh? (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਾਤਸ਼ਾਹ)

  1. sovereign, monarch
  2. king
  3. emperor

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Further reading

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  • پاتشاہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پاتشاہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz