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padishah

[ pah-di-shah, -shaw ]

noun

  1. (often initial capital letter) great king; emperor (a title applied especially formerly to the shah of Iran, the sultan of Turkey, and to the British sovereign as emperor in India).


Padishah

/ ˈpɑːdɪˌʃɑː /

noun

  1. a title of the shah of Iran
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of padishah1

1605–15; < Persian (poetical form), equivalent to pādi- (earlier pati ) lord + shāh shah
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Word History and Origins

Origin of padishah1

from Persian pādi lord + shah
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Example Sentences

The Khanum is dead, and her secrets are the Padishah's, like everything else she possessed.

Shir Khan treated the women belonging to Humaynn with great respect, and restored them to the padishah.

The Padishah has but to nod, and pashas and princes become slaves, beggars, or corpses.

What is more remarkable, the Padishah stood up; the prince seeing this, whispered the patriarch to curtail the ceremony.

But that same banner thou shouldst seize and bear in thine own hand, most glorious Padishah!

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