شاه

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See also: شاہ, ساہ, and شاة

Arabic

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Etymology 1

Verb

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Conjugation

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Etymology 2

From Persian شاه.

Noun

شَاه (šāhm

  1. shah
  2. (chess) king
    شاه مات (šāh māt)checkmate
Declension
Synonyms
Descendants

See also

Chess pieces in Arabic · (layout · text)
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شَاه (šāh) وَزِير (wazīr) رُخّ (ruḵḵ) – قَلْعَة (qalʕa) فِيل (fīl) حِصَان (ḥiṣān) بَيْدَق (baydaq) – جُنْدِيّ (jundiyy)

Persian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 ( /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/, king), from Proto-Iranian *xšáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (he rules, he has power over) (whence Sanskrit क्षयति (kṣáyati)), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (to gain power over, gain control over).

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari شاه
Iranian Persian
Tajik шоҳ

شاه (šâh) (plural شاهان (šâhân))

  1. king; shah
  2. (chess) king
  3. (in compounds) Something that is the biggest or the best of its kind.

Derived terms

See also
Chess pieces in Persian · مهره‌های شطرنج (mohre-hâye šatranj) (layout · text)
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شاه (šâh) وزیر (vazir),
فرزین (farzin)
رخ (rox),
قلعه (qal'e)
فیل (fil) اسب (asb) پیاده (piyâde),
سرباز (sarbâz)

Descendants