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Etymology

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

The 18th-century philologist Ārzū says that the first consonant changed because پادشاه (pādišāh) sounded inappropriate in Hindi, probably a reference to Urdu پاد (pād) / Hindi पाद (pād, fart, flatulence). In other words Persian 'P' sound changed into 'B' in Arabic as there is no 'P' in Arabic.

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /bɑːd̪.ʃɑːɦ/, [bäːd̪.ʃäːʱ]

Noun

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बादशाह (bādśāhm (Urdu spelling بَادْشَاہ)

  1. Badshah, Padishah; Muslim king
    Synonyms: शहंशाह (śahañśāh), सम्राज (samrāj), सुल्तान (sultān), राजा (rājā), महाराजा (mahārājā), सम्राट (samrāṭ)
  2. (chess, card games) king

Declension

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Declension of बादशाह (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct बादशाह
bādśāh
बादशाह
bādśāh
oblique बादशाह
bādśāh
बादशाहों
bādśāhõ
vocative बादशाह
bādśāh
बादशाहो
bādśāho

Coordinate terms

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Playing cards in Hindi · ताश (tāś) (layout · text)
             
इक्का (ikkā) दुक्की (dukkī) तिक्की (tikkī) चौका (caukā) पंजा (pañjā) छक्का (chakkā) सत्ता (sattā)
             
अट्ठा (aṭṭhā) नहला (nahlā) दहला (dahlā) ग़ुलाम (ġulām) रानी (rānī)
बेगम (begam)
राजा (rājā)
बादशाह (bādśāh)
जोकर (jokar)

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Nepali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindi बादशाह (bādśāh), from Classical Persian بَادْشَاه (bādšāh).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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बादशाह (bādśāha)

  1. (card games) king

Coordinate terms

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Playing cards in Nepali · तास (tās) (layout · text)
             
एक्का (ekkā) दुक्का (dukkā) तिक्का (tikkā) चौका (caukā) पन्जा (panjā), पंजा (pañjā) छक्का (chakkā) सत्ता (sattā)
             
अट्ठा (aṭṭhā) नहल (nahal) दहल (dahal) गुलाम (gulām) मिस्सी (missī), रानी (rānī) बादशाह (bādśāha) जोकर (jokar)

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