پادشاه

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پادشاه

Noun

پادشاه (pādišāh)

  1. king, ruler, Padishah

Descendants

  • Uyghur: پادىشاھ (padishah)
  • Uzbek: podshoh, podishoh

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian پادشاه (pâdešâh).

Noun

پادشاه • (padišah)

  1. king, Padishah

Descendants

Persian

Alternative forms

  • پادِشا (pâdešâ), پادْشا (pâdšâ), بادِشاه (bâdešâh), پادِشه (pâdešah)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (šlyta /⁠padixšā(y)⁠/, ruler, powerful, authoritative, authorized).

Pronunciation

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  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɑː.d̪ɪ.ʃɑ́ːʱ], [pʰɑːd̪.ʃɑ́ːʱ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [pʰɑː.d̪ɪ.ʃɑ́ː], [pʰɑːd̪.ʃɑ́ː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [pʰɔː.d̪i.ʃɔ́ː], [pʰɔːd̪.ʃɔ́ː]
  • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɒː.d̪e.ʃɒ́ːʰ], [pʰɒːd̪.ʃɒ́ːʰ]
  • (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɔ.d̪i.ʃɔ́ʱ], [pʰɔd̪.ʃɔ́ʱ]

Readings
Classical reading? pāḏišāh, pāḏšāh
Dari reading? pādišāh, pādšāh
Iranian reading? pâdešâh, pâdšâh
Tajik reading? podišoh, podšoh

Noun

Dari پادشاه
Iranian Persian
Tajik подишоҳ, подшоҳ

پادِشاه or پادْشاه • (pâdešâh or pâdšâh) (plural پادِشاهان (pâdešâhân) or پادشاهان (pâdšâhân))

  1. king, monarch, sovereign

Usage notes

  • The variant بادِشاه (bādišāh) with b- was traditionally used in India. The eighteenth-century philogist Ārzū says that this is because پادشاه (pādišāh) sounded inappropriate in Hindi, probably a reference to Urdu پاد (pād) / Hindi पाद (pād, fart, flatulence).

Derived terms

Descendants

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