padishah

[ pah-di-shah, -shaw ]

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).

Origin of padishah

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

Words Nearby padishah

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use padishah in a sentence

The Khanum is dead, and her secrets are the padishah's, like everything else she possessed.
Paul Patoff | F. Marion Crawford
Shir Khan treated the women belonging to Humaynn with great respect, and restored them to the padishah.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VI | Robert Kerr
The padishah has but to nod, and pashas and princes become slaves, beggars, or corpses.
'Midst the Wild Carpathians | Mr Jkai
What is more remarkable, the padishah stood up; the prince seeing this, whispered the patriarch to curtail the ceremony.
The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon | Habeeb Risk Allah
But that same banner thou shouldst seize and bear in thine own hand, most glorious padishah!
Halil the Pedlar | Mr Jkai

British Dictionary definitions for Padishah

Padishah

/ (ˈpɑːdɪˌʃɑː) /

noun

a title of the shah of Iran

Origin of Padishah

from Persian pādi lord + shah

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

Browse