shah

See also: Shah

English

Etymology 1

From Persian شاه (šāh), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭠𐭤 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (xšāyaθiya).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː

Alternative forms

• schah

Noun

shah (plural shahs)

Wikipedia

1. A king of Persia.
2. A supreme ruler in some Middle Eastern or South Asian nations.

Usage notes

The wife of the last shah of Iran used the title shahbanu, which was translated as empress into English.

Derived terms

• shahdom
• shahmukhi

Translations

king of Persia

• Arabic: شاه m (shaah)
• Armenian: շահ (šah)
• Belarusian: шах m (šax)
• Bulgarian: шах m (šah)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙阿 (shā'ā)

• Czech: šach m, šáh (cs) m
• Finnish: šaahi (fi)
• French: shah (fr) m
• German: Schah (de) m
• Hindi: शाह m (śāh)
• Hungarian: sah (hu)
• Japanese: シャー (shā)
• Korean: 샤 (sya)
• Macedonian: шах m (šah)

• Norwegian: sjah
• Persian: شاه (fa) (shâh)
• Portuguese: xá (pt) m
• Romanian: șah (ro) m
• Russian: шах (ru) m (šax)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шах m

  Roman: šah m

• Slovak: šach m
• Slovene: šah (sl) m ?
• Spanish: sah (es) m
• Turkish: şah (tr)
• Ukrainian: шах m (šax)
• Urdu: شاہ m (śāh)

Etymology 2

From Ukrainian шаг (šah).

Noun

Wikipedia

shah (plural shahs)

1. (historical) An Ukrainian monetary unit.

Translations

former Ukrainian monetary unit

• Russian: шаг (ru) m (šag)

• Ukrainian: шаг m (šah)

Anagrams

• ahhs
• hash

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Albanian

Etymology

Ottoman Turkish شاه (shâh), from Persian شاه (shâh)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃa]

Noun

shah m

1. chess

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French

Etymology

From Persian

Noun

shah m (plural shahs)

1. Alternative spelling of schah.