شاہ

See also: شاه, ساہ, and شاة

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاه (šāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh).

Noun

شاہ • (śāh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਾਹ)

1. king
2. shah
3. (chess) king

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاه (šāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /⁠šāh⁠/) from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/, “king”). Compare Punjabi ਸ਼ਾਹ (śāh) / شاہ (śāh), Gujarati શાહ (śāh), Marathi शहा (śahā), Bengali শাহ (śah).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɑːɦ/

Noun

شاہ • (śāh) m (Hindi spelling शाह)

1. king

   Synonyms: بادشاہ (bādśāh), راجا (rājā)

   شاہِ اِن٘گْلِسْتان ― śāh-i iṅglistān ― King of England

2. shah
3. (chess) king

   Synonym: بادشاہ (bādśāh)

   شاہ مات! ― śāh māt! ― checkmate! (literally, “king confounded!”)

Declension

Declension of شاہ
	singular	plural
direct	شاہ (śāh)	شاہ (śāh)
oblique	شاہ (śāh)	شاہوں (śāhō̃)
vocative	شاہ (śāh)	شاہو (śāhō)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• شاہی (śāhī, “royal, kingly; rule, reign”)
• شاہ آلُو (śāh ālū, “prune”)
• شاہ باز (śāh bāz, “royal falcon; hero”)
• شاہ باشی (śāh bāśī, “applause”)
• شاہ بالا (śāh bālā, “bestman”)
• شاہ بَلُوط (śāh balūt, “chestnut”)
• شاہ بانو (śāh bāno, “wife of a king”)
• شاہ تِیر (śāh tīr, “beam”)
• شاہ جَہان (śāh jahān, “king of the world”)
• شاہْراہ (śāhrāh, “highway”)
• شاہ رَگ (śāh rag, “jugular vein”)
• شاہ رُخ (śāh rux, “kingly face; king roc”)
• شاہ نامہ (“chronicle of kings; Shahnameh”)
• شاہ نَشِین (śāh naśīn, “balcony, gallery”)

References

• “شاہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “شاه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “شاه”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
• “شاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شاه”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.