شاهنشاه

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian شاهنشاه (šâhanšâh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaː.han.ʃaːh/

Noun

شَاهَنْشَاه • (šāhanšāh) m (plural شَاهَنْشَاهَات (šāhanšāhāt))

  1. shahanshah, king of kings

Declension

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier شَاهَان‌شَاه (šāhān-šāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāhān šāh, king of kings).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃɑː.ɦän.ʃɑːʱ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʃɑːän.ʃɑː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʃɔːän.ʃɔː]

Readings
Classical reading? šāhanšāh
Dari reading? šāhanšāh
Iranian reading? šâhanšâh
Tajik reading? šohanšoh

Noun

Dari شاهنشاه
Iranian Persian
Tajik шоҳаншоҳ

شاهَنْشاه • (šâhanšâh) (plural شاهنشاهان (šâhanšâhân) or شاهنشاه‌ها (šâhanšâh-hâ))

  1. shahanshah
    Synonym: شاهِ شاهان (šâh-e šâhân)

Derived terms

  • شاهنشاهی (šâhanšâhi)

Descendants

References

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