شاہ

See also: شاه‎, ساہ‎, and شاة‎

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شاه‎ (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠‎ (šāh).

Noun

شاہ • (shāh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਾਹ)

  1. king
  2. shah
  3. (chess) king

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شاه‎ (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠‎ (šāh) from Old Persian 𐏋 (xšāyaθiya, “king”). Compare Punjabi ਸ਼ਾਹ (śāh) / شاہ‎ (śāh), Gujarati શાહ (śāh), Marathi शहा (śahā), Bengali শাহ (śah).

Noun

شَاہ • (šāh) m (Hindi spelling शाह)

  1. king
  2. shah
  3. (chess) king

Derived terms

References
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “شاه”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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