shah

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/). Doublet of check. More at chess.

Alternative forms

Noun

shah (plural shahs)

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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran.
  1. A king of Persia or Iran.
    • 2011 , Jimmy Carter, White House Diary‎, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 156:
      We had a cordial welcome in Tehran from the shah and Empress Farah, a delightful banquet, and adequate time to discuss the Middle East and nuclear power affairs with the shah.
  2. A supreme ruler in some West Asian, Central Asian or South Asian nations.
Usage notes

The wife of the last shah of Iran used the title shahbanu, which was translated as empress into English. His sons used the title shahzada (shah's descendant), which was translated as prince into English.

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Etymology 2

From Ukrainian шаг (šah).

Noun

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shah (plural shahs or shahy or shahiv)

  1. (historical) A Ukrainian monetary unit.
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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شاه (shâh), from Persian شاه (šâh).

Pronunciation

Noun

shah m (plural shahë, definite shahu, definite plural shahët)

  1. (uncountable) chess
  2. check (as it pertains to a game of chess)
  3. (also in the plural) a ruler in some Eastern regions (Iran, etc.)

Adverb

shah

  1. straight, bipedally, upright
    Synonyms: arithi, qirithi, shahthi
  2. bewildered, taken aback
    Synonym: shtang
  3. (figurative) alone, deserted
    Synonyms: vetëm, shkretë

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe ‎, 1980
  • “shah”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “shah”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 467

French

Etymology

From Persian.

Pronunciation

Noun

shah m (plural shahs)

  1. alternative spelling of schah

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Noun

shah m (definite singular shahen, indefinite plural shahar, definite plural shahane)

  1. alternative spelling of sjah

References

  • “shah”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

South Slavey

Pronunciation

Noun

shah (stem -zha-)

  1. Fort Liard form of sah

Inflection

Possessive inflection of shah (-zhaá)
singular plural
1st person sezhaá naxezhaá
2nd person nezhaá
3rd person 1) — gizhaá
2) mezhaá gozhaá
4th person yezhaá
reflexive sp. ɂedezhaá kedezhaá
unsp. dezhaá
reciprocal — ɂełezhaá
indefinite ɂezhaá
areal gozhaá

1) Used when the subject is a group of human beings
and the object is singular.
2) Used when the previous condition does not apply.

References

  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 37

Swedish

Etymology

From Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (xšāyaθiya). Doublet of schack (“chess; check”).

Pronunciation

Noun

shah c

  1. a shah; a king of Persia

Declension

Declension of shah
nominative genitive
singular indefinite shah shahs
definite shahen shahens
plural indefinite shaher shahers
definite shaherna shahernas
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