shah
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/). Doublet of check. More at chess.
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
shah (plural shahs)
- A king of Persia or Iran.
- A supreme ruler in some Middle Eastern or South Asian nations.
Usage notesEdit
The wife of the last shah of Iran used the title shahbanu, which was translated as empress into English.
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Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
king of Persia
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Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
shah (plural shahs or shahy or shahiv)
- (historical) A Ukrainian monetary unit.
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AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شاه (shâh), from Persian شاه (shâh).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
shah m
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Persian
NounEdit
shah m (plural shahs)
- Alternative spelling of schah
Further readingEdit
- “shah” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
South SlaveyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
shah
- Fort Liard form of sah
ReferencesEdit
- Keren Rice, A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, 1989, →ISBN, page 37
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Persian شاه (šāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (xšāyaθiya).
NounEdit
shah c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of shah | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | shah | shahen | shaher | shaherna |
Genitive | shahs | shahens | shahers | shahernas |