ਸ਼ਾਹ
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Punjabi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian شاه (šāh). Compare Hindi शाह (śāh).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ਸ਼ਾਹ • (śāh) m (feminine ਸ਼ਾਹਣੀ, Shahmukhi spelling شاه)
- (obsolete) king
- Synonym: ਰਾਜਾ (rājā)
- rich merchant or shopkeeper, particularly one who lends money; moneylender, banker
- Synonym: ਸ਼ਾਹੂਕਾਰ (śāhūkār)
- An honorific placed after the name of saints, fakirs, Sayyids, etc.
Adjective[edit]
ਸ਼ਾਹ • (śāh) (Shahmukhi spelling شاه)
Related terms[edit]
- ਤਾਨਾਸ਼ਾਹ m (tānāśāh, “dictator”)
- ਪਾਤਸ਼ਾਹ m (pātśāh, “emperor”)
- ਬਾਦਸ਼ਾਹ m (bādśāh, “king”)
- ਸ਼ਹਿਨਸ਼ਾਹ m (śahinśāh, “emperor”)
- ਸ਼ਾਹਕਾਰ m (śāhkār, “masterpiece”)
- ਸ਼ਾਹਜ਼ਾਦਾ m (śāhzādā, “prince”)
- ਸ਼ਾਹਜ਼ਾਦੀ f (śāhzādī, “princess”)
- ਸ਼ਾਹਣੀ f (śāhṇī, “moneylender's wife”)
- ਸ਼ਾਹਮੁਖੀ m (śāhmukhī, “Shahmukhi”)
- ਸ਼ਾਹਾਨਾ (śāhānā, “royal”, adjective)
- ਸ਼ਾਹੀ (śāhī, “kingly”, adjective)
- ਸ਼ਾਹੂਕਾਰ m (śāhūkār, “moneylender”)
Further reading[edit]
Categories:
- Punjabi terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Punjabi terms derived from Classical Persian
- Punjabi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Punjabi lemmas
- Punjabi nouns
- Punjabi nouns with other-gender equivalents
- Punjabi nouns in Gurmukhi script
- Punjabi masculine nouns
- Punjabi terms with obsolete senses
- Punjabi adjectives
- Punjabi adjectives in Gurmukhi script
- pa:Monarchy
- pa:Occupations