padishah

[ pah-di-shah, -shaw ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

(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 /

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

from Persian pādi lord + shah

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!

April 23, 2024inveterate

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