pasha

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Alternative forms

• pascha
• bashaw

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پاشا (pāšā) (Turkish paşa); this either from Persian پادشاه (pādšāh, “padishah, king”), or from Turkish baş (“head”), or from Turkish beşe (“boy, prince”), this in turn from Persian بچّه (bačče).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpæʃə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpɑʃə/

Noun

pasha (plural pashas)

1. (historical) A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.

Derived terms

• pashalik

Translations

title

• Albanian: pashë (sq)
• Arabic: باشا (ar) (bāšā) m
• Armenian: փաշա (hy) (p’aša)
• Belarusian: паша (be) (pašá) m
• Bulgarian: паша (bg) (pašá) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴夏 (cmn) (bāxià)

• Danish: pasha, sværmeri
• Dutch: pasja (nl) m
• Esperanto: paŝao
• Finnish: pašša (fi)
• French: pacha (fr) m
• German: Pascha (de) m
• Greek: πασάς (el) (pasás) m
• Hebrew: פחה (he) m
• Hindi: पाशा (hi) (pāśā) m
• Hungarian: pasa (hu), basa (hu)
• Italian: pascià (it)

• Japanese: パシャ (ja) (pasha), 州知事 (ja) (しゅうちじ, shūchiji)
• Korean: 파샤 (ko) (pasya), 주지사 (ko) (jujisa), 군사령관 (ko) (gunsaryeong-gwan)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: پاشا (ku) (pāšā)

• Latin: bassa (la)
• Macedonian: паша (mk) (paša) m
• Persian: پاشا (fa) (pâšâ)
• Polish: pasza (pl) m, pascha (pl) m, basza (pl) m
• Portuguese: paxá (pt) m
• Russian: паша (ru) (pašá) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: паша (sh) m

  Roman: paša (sh) m

• Spanish: pachá (es) m, bajá (es) m
• Swedish: pascha (sv)
• Turkish: paşa (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: پاشا (pāšā)

• Ukrainian: паша (uk) (pašá)
• Urdu: پاشا (ur) (pāśā) m

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Etymology 1

From Russian пасха (pásxa).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈpɑsɦɑ]

Noun

pasha

1. paskha (traditional Eastern Orthodox dessert, eaten especially in Easter).

Declension

Declension of pasha (type kala) singular plural nominative pasha pashat genitive pashan pashojen pashain1 partitive pashaa pashoja accusative pasha pashan pashat inessive pashassa pashoissa elative pashasta pashoista illative pashaan pashoihin adessive pashalla pashoilla ablative pashalta pashoilta allative pashalle pashoille essive pashana pashoina translative pashaksi pashoiksi instructive – pashoin abessive pashatta pashoitta comitative – pashoineen 1) Rare.

Etymology 2

From Turkish paşa.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈpɑʃːɑ]

Noun

pasha

1. Alternative spelling of pašša.

Declension

Declension of pasha (type kala) singular plural nominative pasha pashat genitive pashan pashojen pashain1 partitive pashaa pashoja accusative pasha pashan pashat inessive pashassa pashoissa elative pashasta pashoista illative pashaan pashoihin adessive pashalla pashoilla ablative pashalta pashoilta allative pashalle pashoille essive pashana pashoina translative pashaksi pashoiksi instructive – pashoin abessive pashatta pashoitta comitative – pashoineen 1) Rare.