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).

Origin of padishah

1
1605–15; <Persian (poetical form), equivalent to pādi- (earlier pati) lord + shāhshah

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How to use padishah in a sentence

  • There he stood in the full regalia of the padishahs, holding in one hand the banner of the Prophet and in the other a drawn sword.

British Dictionary definitions for Padishah

Padishah

/ (ˈpɑːdɪˌʃɑː) /


noun
  1. a title of the shah of Iran

Origin of Padishah

1
from Persian pādi lord + shah

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