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Padishah

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈpɑːdɪʃɑː/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A ruler of a Muslim country or state.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of Padishah.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پادشاه (padişah), from Classical Persian پادِشاه (pādišāh) / پادْشاه (pādšāh).

Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: padishah — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Arabic: بَادْشَاه (bādšāh) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Arabic: بَادِيشَاه (bādīšāh) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Armenian: փադիշահ (pʻadišah) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Armenian: փատիշահ (pʻatišah) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Azerbaijani: padşah — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Bashkir: батша (batşa) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Bashkir: падишаһ (padişah) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Belarusian: падзіша́х (padzišáx) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Belarusian: падыша́г (padyšáh) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Bengali: বাদশাহ (badśah) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Bulgarian: падиша́х (padišáh) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Catalan: padixah — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Chinese Mandarin: 帕迪沙 (pàdíshā) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Chuvash: патша (patša) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Crimean Tatar: padişa — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Czech: pádišáh — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Czech: padišáh — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Dutch: padisjah — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Esperanto: padiŝaho — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Finnish: padišah — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • French: padichah — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • German: Padischah — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Greek: πατισάχ (patisách) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Gujarati: બાદશાહ (bādśāh) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Gujarati: પાતશાહ (pātśāh) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Hindi: बादशाह (bādśāh) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Hindi: शाह (śāh) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Hungarian: padisah — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Ido: padishah — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Italian: padiscià — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Japanese: パーディシャー (pādishā) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Kazakh: патша (patşa) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Kazakh: падишаһ (padişah) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Korean: 파디샤 (padisya) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Kumyk: падишагь (padişah) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Northern Kurdish: padîşah — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Kyrgyz: падыша (padışa) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Latvian: padišahs — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Macedonian: падишах (pádišah) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Malay: padisyah — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Pashto: پادشا (pādšā) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Persian: پادِشاه (pâdešâh) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Persian: پادْشاه (pâdšâh) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Polish: padyszach — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Portuguese: padixá — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Romanian: padișah — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Russian: падиша́х (padišáx) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̀дишах — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Serbo-Croatian: pàdišah — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Slovene: padišah — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Spanish: padishá — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Tajik: подишоҳ (podišoh) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Tajik: подшоҳ (podšoh) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Tatar: патша (patşa) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Tatar: падишаһ (padişah) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Telugu: పాదుషా (pāduṣā) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Turkish: padişah — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Ottoman Turkish: پادشاه (padišah) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Turkmen: patyşa — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Ukrainian: падиша́х (padyšáx) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Urdu: بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Uyghur: پادىشا (padisha) — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Uzbek: podshoh — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
  • Zazaki: padişah — (historical) a ruler of a Muslim country or state
Real reading context

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