پادشاه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian پادشاه (pâdešâh).

Noun

پادشاه • (padišah)

1. king, Padishah

Descendants

• Turkish: padişah
• → Bulgarian: падиша́х (padišáh)
• → Czech: pádišáh
• → Hungarian: padisah
• → Macedonian: падишах (padišah)
• → Romanian: padișah
• → Serbo-Croatian: pàdišah / па̀дишах

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Persian

Alternative forms

• پادشا (pâdešâ, pâdšâ), بادشاه (bâdešâh), پادشه (pâdešah)

Etymology

From Middle Persian ŠLYTA (padixšā(y), “ruler, powerful, authoritative, authorized”).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	p
Dari reading?	p
Iranian reading?	p
Tajik reading?	p

Noun

Dari	پادشاه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	подишоҳ

پادشاه • (pâdešâh, pâdšâh) (plural پادشاهان (pâdešâhân, pâdšâhân))

1. king, Padishah
2. monarch
3. sovereign

Derived terms

• پادشاهی (pâdešâhi, pâdšâhi)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: padşah / پادشاه
• → Bashkir: батша (batşa)
• → Chuvash: патша (patša)
• → Hindustani:
  • → Hindi: बादशाह (bādśāh)
  • → Urdu: بادشاہ (bãdshãh)
• → Italian: padiscià
• → Kazakh: патша (patşa)
• → Ottoman Turkish: پادشاه (pādišāh)
  • Turkish: padişah
  • → Bulgarian: падиша́х (padišáh)
  • → Czech: pádišáh
  • → Hungarian: padisah
  • → Macedonian: падишах (padišah)
  • → Romanian: padișah
  • → Serbo-Croatian: pàdišah / па̀дишах
• → Mazanderani: پاشا (pâšâ)
• → Pashto: باچا
• → Russian: падиша́х (padišáx)
• → Southern Altai: батша (batša)