شہنشاہ
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Urdu[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- شَاہَنْشاہ (śāhanśāh)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهَنْشَاه (šahanšāh) or شَاهَنْشَاه (šāhanšāh, “king of kings”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃə.ɦən.ʃɑːɦ/, /ʃə.ɦə̃.ʃɑːɦ/, [ʃɛ.ɦɛn.ʃɑːʱ], [ʃɛ.ɦɛ̃.ʃɑːʱ]
Noun[edit]
شہنشاہ • (śahanśāh) m (Hindi spelling शहंशाह)
Declension[edit]
| Declension of شہنشاہ | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | شہنشاہ (śahanśāh) | شہنشاہ (śahanśāh) |
| oblique | شہنشاہ (śahanśāh) | شہنشاہوں (śahanśāhō̃) |
| vocative | شہنشاہ (śahanśāh) | شہنشاہو (śahanśāhō) |
Derived terms[edit]
- شَہَنْشاہی (śahanśāhī, “imperial”)
- شَہَنْشاہِ کَونَین (śahanśāh-i kaunain, “Prophet Muhammad”, literally “king of kings of the world”)
- شَہَنشاہِ فَلَک (śahanśāh-i falak, “sun”, literally “king of kings of the sky”)
- شَہَنْشاہِ خاوَر (śahanśāh-i xāvar, “sun”, literally “king of kings of the east”)
- شَہَنْشاہِیَت (śahanśāhiyat, “imperialism”)
References[edit]
- “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 Thompson (1884) “شہنشاہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
- “شہنشاہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.