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)

  1. shahanshah; king of kings
  2. 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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