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King of kings; a title given to the rulers of ancient Persia and sometimes of Armenia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Alternative form of shahanshah
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Borrowed from Classical Persian شَاهَنْشَاه (šāhanšāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾn mlkʾ /šāhān šāh/, “king of kings”), which see for more.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Akkadian:
𒈗𒊭𒈗𒈨𒌍
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Arabic:
شَاهَنْشَاه
(šāhanšāh)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Arabic:
مَلِك الْمُلُوك
(malik al-mulūk)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Armenian:
շահնշահ
(šahnšah)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Middle Armenian:
շահնշահ
(šahnšah)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Old Armenian:
շահանշահ
(šahanšah)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Azerbaijani:
şahənşah
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Azerbaijani:
شاهنشاه
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Bactrian:
ϸαονανο ϸαο
(šaonano šao)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Bengali:
শাহেনশাহ
(śahenośah)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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German:
Schahinschah
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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German:
Schahanschah
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Hindi:
शहंशाह
(śahañśāh)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Hindi:
शाहंशाह
(śāhañśāh)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Hindi:
शहनशाह
(śahanśāh)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Indonesian:
raja segala raja
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Kazakh:
шаһиншаһ
(şahinşah)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Northern Kurdish:
şahanşah
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Latin:
saansaan
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Marathi:
शहंशाह
(śahauśāh)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Parthian:
𐭌𐭋𐭊𐭉𐭍 𐭌𐭋𐭊𐭀
(šāhīn šāh)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Pashto:
شهنشاه
(šahenšāh)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Persian:
شَاهَنْشَاه
(šāhanšāh)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Iranian Persian:
شاهَنْشاه
(šâhanšâh)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Middle Persian:
𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠
(šāhān šāh)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Polish:
szachinszach
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Punjabi:
ਸ਼ਹਿਨਸ਼ਾਹ
(śahinśāh)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Russian:
шахинша́х
(šaxinšáx)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Russian:
шаханша́х
(šaxanšáx)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Russian:
«царь царе́й»
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Tajik:
шоҳаншоҳ
(šohanšoh)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Turkish:
şehinşah
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Ottoman Turkish:
شاهنشاه
(şâhenşâh)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Ottoman Turkish:
شاهنشه
(şâhenşeh)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Ottoman Turkish:
شهنشاه
(şehenşâh)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Ottoman Turkish:
شهنشه
(şehenşeh)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Urdu:
شَہَنْشاہ
(śahanśāh)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Uyghur:
شاھىنشاھ
(shahinshah)
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
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Uzbek:
shahanshoh
— title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings” — see also king of kings
