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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهَنْشَاه (šahanšāh) or شَاهَنْشَاه (šāhanšāh, “king of kings”).
Pronunciation
Noun
شہنشاہ • (śahanśāh) m (Hindi spelling शहंशाह)
- shahanshah; king of kings
- emperor
- Synonym: سَمْراٹ (samrāṭ) (rare)
- Synonyms: سَمْراج (samrāj), بادْشاہ (bādśāh), سُلْطان (sultān), پادْشاہ (pādśāh), قَیصَر (qaisar)
Declension
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plural
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شہنشاہ (śahanśāh)
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شہنشاہ (śahanśāh)
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| oblique
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شہنشاہ (śahanśāh)
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شہنشاہوں (śahanśāhõ)
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| vocative
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شہنشاہ (śahanśāh)
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شہنشاہو (śahanśāho)
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Derived terms
References
- “شہنشاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شہنشاہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “شہنشاہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “شہنشاہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.