name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
shah
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ʃɑː/
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rhymes with -ɑː
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CMU ARPABET: SH AA1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A king of Persia or Iran.
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noun
Meaning 3
A supreme ruler in some West Asian, Central Asian or South Asian nations.
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noun
Meaning 4
A Ukrainian monetary unit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 5
title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Shah of Iran
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sovereign, crowned head, monarch
Narrower terms: Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah Pahlavi, Pahlevi, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
History
Etymology
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Persian شاه (“shah, king”), a Persian surname which is widespread in Iran and in the subcontinent. * Borrowed from Gujarati સાહ (sāh, “merchant”), an occupational surname from Sanskrit साधु (sādhu, “merchant; jeweller; money-lender”).
Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/). Doublet of check. More at chess.
Borrowed from Ukrainian шаг (šah).
Across languages
Translations
85 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: shah — king of Persia
- Southern Altai: шах (šah) — king of Persia
- Amharic: ሻህ (šah) — king of Persia
- Arabic: شَاه (šāh) — king of Persia
- Armenian: շահ (šah) — king of Persia
- Azerbaijani: şah — king of Persia
- Bashkir: шаһ (şah) — king of Persia
- Belarusian: шах (šax) — king of Persia
- Bengali: শাহ (śah) — king of Persia
- Bulgarian: шах (šah) — king of Persia
- Burmese: ရှား (hra:) — king of Persia
- Catalan: xa — king of Persia
- Chinese Mandarin: 沙阿 (shā'ā) — king of Persia
- Chinese Mandarin: 沙赫 (shāhè) — king of Persia
- Crimean Tatar: şah — king of Persia
- Czech: šach — king of Persia
- Czech: šáh — king of Persia
- Danish: shah — king of Persia
- Dutch: sjah — king of Persia
- Esperanto: ŝaho — king of Persia
- Estonian: šahh — king of Persia
- Finnish: šaahi — king of Persia
- Finnish: shaahi — king of Persia
- French: shah — king of Persia
- French: chah — king of Persia
- Gagauz: şah — king of Persia
- Galician: xa — king of Persia
- Georgian: შაჰი (šahi) — king of Persia
- German: Schah — king of Persia
- Greek: σάχης (sáchis) — king of Persia
- Hebrew: שָׁאח (shakh) — king of Persia
- Hindi: शाह (śāh) — king of Persia
- Hungarian: sah — king of Persia
- Ido: sha — king of Persia
- Indonesian: syah — king of Persia
- Irish: seá — king of Persia
- Italian: scià — king of Persia
- Japanese: シャー (shā) — king of Persia
- Kazakh: шаһ (şah) — king of Persia
- Korean: 샤 (sya) — king of Persia
- Kumyk: шагь (şah) — king of Persia
- Northern Kurdish: şah — king of Persia
- Kyrgyz: шах (şah) — king of Persia
- Kyrgyz: шаа (şaa) — king of Persia
- Latin: sachus — king of Persia
- Latvian: šahs — king of Persia
- Lezgi: шагь (šah) — king of Persia
- Lithuanian: šachas — king of Persia
- Macedonian: шах (šah) — king of Persia
- Malay: syah — king of Persia
- Norwegian Bokmål: sjah — king of Persia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sjah — king of Persia
- Odia: ଶାହା (śāhā) — king of Persia
- Pashto: شاه (šāh) — king of Persia
- Dari: شَاه (šāh) — king of Persia
- Iranian Persian: شاه (šâh) — king of Persia
- Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ) — king of Persia
- Old Persian: 𐏋 (XŠ) — king of Persia
- Polish: szach — king of Persia
- Portuguese: xá — king of Persia
- Romanian: șah — king of Persia
- Russian: шах (šax) — king of Persia
- Sanskrit: क्षयति (kṣayati) — king of Persia
- Serbo-Croatian: ша̏х — king of Persia
- Serbo-Croatian: šȁh — king of Persia
- Slovak: šach — king of Persia
- Slovene: šah — king of Persia
- Spanish: sah — king of Persia
- Swahili: shah — king of Persia
- Swedish: shah — king of Persia
- Tajik: шоҳ (šoh) — king of Persia
- Tatar: шаһ (şah) — king of Persia
- Thai: ชาห์ (chaa) — king of Persia
- Turkish: şah — king of Persia
- Ottoman Turkish: شاه (şah) — king of Persia
- Turkmen: şa — king of Persia
- Ukrainian: шах (šax) — king of Persia
- Urdu: شاہ (śāh) — king of Persia
- Uyghur: شاھ (shah) — king of Persia
- Uzbek: shoh — king of Persia
- Vietnamese: sa — king of Persia
- Vietnamese: vua Ba Tư — king of Persia
- Zazaki: şağ — king of Persia
- Russian: шаг (šag) — former Ukrainian monetary unit
- Ukrainian: шаг (šah) — former Ukrainian monetary unit