shahanshah

English

Alternative forms

• Shahanshah, Shāhanshāh, Shahan Shah
• Shahinshah, Shah-in-Shah
• Shahenshah, Shah en Shah

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَاهَنْشَاه (šāhanšāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾn mlkʾ /⁠šāhān šāh⁠/, “king of kings”), which see for more.

Noun

shahanshah (plural shahanshahs)

1. (historical) King of kings; a title given to the rulers of ancient Persia and sometimes of Armenia.

Related terms

• shah

Translations

title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings

• Akkadian: 𒈗𒊭𒈗𒈨𒌍
• Arabic: شَاهَنْشَاه (šāhanšāh), مَلِك الْمُلُوك m (malik al-mulūk)
• Armenian: շահնշահ (hy) (šahnšah)

  Middle Armenian: շահնշահ (šahnšah)

  Old Armenian: շահանշահ (šahanšah)

• Azerbaijani: şahənşah

  Arabic: شاهنشاه

• Bengali: শাহেনশাহ (śahenośah)
• German: Schahinschah m, Schahanschah m
• Hindi: शहंशाह (hi) m (śahañśāh), शाहंशाह (hi) m (śāhañśāh), शहनशाह m (śahanśāh)
• Indonesian: raja segala raja
• Kazakh: шаһиншаһ (şahinşah)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: şahanşah

• Latin: saansaan (in Ammianus Marcellinus)
• Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāhān šāh)
• Ottoman Turkish: شاهنشاه (şâhenşâh), شاهنشه (şâhenşeh), شهنشاه (şehenşâh), شهنشه (şehenşeh)
• Parthian: 𐭌𐭋𐭊𐭉𐭍 𐭌𐭋𐭊𐭀 (šāhīn šāh)
• Pashto: شهنشاه m (šahenšāh)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: شَاهَنْشَاه (fa) (šāhanšāh)

  Iranian Persian: شاهَنْشاه (fa) (šâhanšâh)

• Polish: szachinszach (pl) m pers
• Punjabi: ਸ਼ਹਿਨਸ਼ਾਹ m (śahinśāh)
• Russian: шахинша́х (ru) m (šaxinšáx), шаханша́х m (šaxanšáx), «царь царе́й» m («carʹ caréj»)
• Tajik: шоҳаншоҳ (šohanšoh)
• Turkish: şehinşah (tr)
• Urdu: شَہَنْشاہ m (śahanśāh)
• Uyghur: شاھىنشاھ (shahinshah)
• Uzbek: shahanshoh (uz)