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Chagatai
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian پادشاه
Noun
پادشاه (pādišāh)
- king, ruler, Padishah
Descendants
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Persian پادشاه (pâdešâh).
Noun
پادشاه • (padišah)
- king, Padishah
Descendants
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (šlyta /padixšā(y)/, “ruler, powerful, authoritative, authorized”).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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pāḏišāh, pāḏšāh
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| Dari reading?
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pādišāh, pādšāh
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| Iranian reading?
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pâdešâh, pâdšâh
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| Tajik reading?
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podišoh, podšoh
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Noun
پادِشاه or پادْشاه • (pâdešâh or pâdšâh) (plural پادِشاهان (pâdešâhân) or پادشاهان (pâdšâhân))
- king, monarch, sovereign
Usage notes
- The variant بادِشاه (bādišāh) with b- was traditionally used in India. The eighteenth-century philogist Ārzū says that this is because پادشاه (pādišāh) sounded inappropriate in Hindi, probably a reference to Urdu پاد (pād) / Hindi पाद (pād, “fart, flatulence”).
Derived terms
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