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English[edit]
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Etymology 1[edit]
From Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/). Doublet of check. More at chess.
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Noun[edit]
shah (plural shahs)
- A king of Persia or Iran.
- 2011 [31 December 1977], Carter, Jimmy, White House Diary[1], →ISBN, LCCN 2010015544, OCLC 712116640, page 156:
- We had a cordial welcome in Tehran from the shah and Empress Farah, a delightful banquet, and adequate time to discuss the Middle East and nuclear power affairs with the shah.
- A supreme ruler in some Middle Eastern or South Asian nations.
Usage notes[edit]
The wife of the last shah of Iran used the title shahbanu, which was translated as empress into English.
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Translations[edit]
king of Persia
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Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
shah (plural shahs or shahy or shahiv)
- (historical) A Ukrainian monetary unit.
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Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شاه (shâh), from Persian شاه (shâh).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
shah m
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Persian.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
shah m (plural shahs)
- Alternative spelling of schah
Further reading[edit]
- “shah”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
shah m (definite singular shahen, indefinite plural shahar, definite plural shahane)
- alternative spelling of sjah
References[edit]
- “shah”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
South Slavey[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
shah
- Fort Liard form of sah
References[edit]
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 37
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Persian شاه (šāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (xšāyaθiya). Doublet of schack (“chess; check”)
Noun[edit]
shah c
Declension[edit]
Declension of shah | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | shah | shahen | shaher | shaherna |
Genitive | shahs | shahens | shahers | shahernas |
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