שאה

Persian

Noun

⁧שאה⁩ • (šâh)

  1. Judeo-Persian spelling of ⁧شاه⁩ (šâh).
    • 1600s, Elisha ben Shmūel, translated by Dalia Yasharpour, The Prince and the Sufi: The Judeo-Persian Rendition of the Buddha Biographies, Brill, published November 9, 2020:
      ⁧כה דר מלך חבש בודסת שאהי
      בזיר אמרש אז מה תא במאהי      ⁩
      ke dar molk-e habaš budast šâhi
      be zir-e amr-aš az mah tâ be mâhi
      In Abyssinia there was a king
      Who ruled over everything, from the moon to the fish.
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