شاہ

See also: شاه, ساہ, and شاة

Punjabi

Etymology

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

Noun

شاہ • (śāh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਾਹ)

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

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

شاہ • (śāh) m (Hindi spelling शाह)

  1. king
    Synonyms: بادشاہ (bādśāh), راجا (rājā)
    شاہِ اِن٘گْلِسْتانśāh-i iṅglistānKing of England
  2. shah
  3. (chess) king
    Synonym: بادشاہ (bādśāh)
    شاہ مات!śāh māt!checkmate! (literally, “king confounded!”)

Declension

Declension of شاہ
singular plural
direct شاہ (śāh) شاہ (śāh)
oblique شاہ (śāh) شاہوں (śāhō̃)
vocative شاہ (śāh) شاہو (śāhō)

Derived terms

References

  • شاہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “شاه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “شاه”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • شاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شاه”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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