شہنشاہ
Urdu
Alternative forms
- شاہنشاہ (śāhanśāh)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شهنشاه (šahanšāh, “king of kings”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃə.ɦən.ʃɑːɦ/, /ʃeː.ɦən.ʃɑːɦ/
- (Deccani) IPA(key): /ʃə.ɦən.ʃɑːɦ/, /ʃeː.ɦən.ʃɑːɦ/
Noun
شَہَنْشاہ or شہنشاہ • (śahanśāh or śehanśāh) m (Hindi spelling शहंशाह)
- shahanshah; king of kings
- emperor
- Synonym: سمراٹ (samrāṭ) (rare)
Declension
| Declension of شہنشاہ | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | شہنشاہ (śahanśāh) | شہنشاہ (śahanśāh) |
| oblique | شہنشاہ (śahanśāh) | شہنشاہوں (śahanśāhō̃) |
| vocative | شہنشاہ (śahanśāh) | شہنشاہو (śahanśāhō) |
Derived terms
- شَہَنْشاہی (śahanśāhī, “imperial”)
- شَہنْشاہِ کَونَین (śahanśāh-e-kaunain, “Prophet Muhammad”, literally “king of kings of the world”)
- شَہَنشاہِ فَلَک (śahanśāh-e-falak, “sun”, literally “king of kings of the sky”)
- شَہَنْشاہِ خاوَر (śahanśāh-e-xāvar, “sun”, literally “king of kings of the east”)
- شَہَنْشاہِیَت (śahanśāhīyat, “imperialism”)
References
- “شہنشاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “شہنشاہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John Thompson (1884), “شہنشاہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
- “شہنشاہ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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