shahanshah

English

Alternative forms

• Shahanshah, Shāhanshāh, Shahan Shah
• Shahinshah, Shah-in-Shah
• Shahenshah, Shah en Shah

Etymology

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From Persian شاهنشاه (šâhanšâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾn mlkʾ /⁠šāhān-šāh⁠/, “king of kings”), which see for more.

Noun

shahanshah (plural shahanshahs)

1. (historical) King of kings; a title given to the rulers of ancient Persia and sometimes of Armenia.

Related terms

• shah

Translations

title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings

• Arabic: شَاهَنْشَاه (šāhanšāh)
• Armenian: շահնշահ (hy) (šahnšah)

  Middle Armenian: շահնշահ (šahnšah)

  Old Armenian: շահանշահ (šahanšah)

• Azerbaijani: şahənşah / شاهنشاه
• Hindi: शहंशाह (hi) m (śahañśāh)
• Latin: saansaan (in Ammianus Marcellinus)
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• Parthian: 𐭌𐭋𐭊𐭉𐭍 𐭌𐭋𐭊𐭀 (šāhīn šāh)
• Persian: شاهنشاه (fa) (šâhanšâh)

  Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāhān šāh)

• Tajik: шоҳаншоҳ (šohanšoh)
• Turkish: şehinşah (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: شاهنشاه (şâhenşâh), شاهنشه (şâhenşeh), شهنشاه (şehenşâh), شهنشه (şehenşeh)

• Urdu: شہنشاہ (šahanšāh)
• Uyghur: شاھىنشاھ (shahinshah)