pasha
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of pasha
1640–50; < Turkish paşa; see bashaw
Vocabulary lists containing pasha
Muslim Empires and the Middle East - High School
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Muslim Empires and the Middle East - Middle School
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Another son works for a large consulting firm and “lives the life of a pasha at 22,” she says.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2022
Born in Cairo, the pasha was a renowned art collector and gambler who came from a Turkish-Albanian family from what is now northern Greece.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2018
The United States paid when its navy could not resist, but the pasha of Tripoli declared war when Jefferson stopped payment in 1801.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
But in Istanbul, this writer’s only thoughts are where to experience a traditional Turkish bath house and whether to buy those pasha pants.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 24, 2016
“The pasha gave him his weight in gold,” my father would say, “and once again in jewels. And your great-great-great-grandfather returned home. He bought all the land around Ardestan.”
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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