शाह

See also: शहा and शाही

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاه (šāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh) from Old Persian 𐏋 (xšāyaθiya, “king”). Compare Punjabi ਸ਼ਾਹ (śāh) / شاہ (śāh), Gujarati શાહ (śāh), Marathi शहा (śahā), Nepali शाह (śāha), Bengali শাহ (śah).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɑːɦ/, [ʃäːʱ]

Noun

शाह • (śāh) m (Urdu spelling شاہ)

1. king
2. shah
3. (chess) king

Declension

Declension of शाह (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शाह śāh	शाह śāh
oblique	शाह śāh	शाहों śāhõ
vocative	शाह śāh	शाहो śāho

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शाह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاه (šāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sä̤ː]
• Phonetic Devanagari: साः
• IPA^(key): [sä̆ɦä̤]

Noun

शाह • (śāha)

1. shah