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pasha

American  
[pah-shuh, pash-uh, puh-shah, -shaw] / ˈpɑ ʃə, ˈpæʃ ə, pəˈʃɑ, -ˈʃɔ /
Also pacha

noun

  1. a title, placed after the name, formerly held by high officials in countries under Turkish rule.

pasha British  
/ ˈpɑːʃə, ˈpæʃə /

noun

  1. (formerly) a provincial governor or other high official of the Ottoman Empire or the modern Egyptian kingdom: placed after a name when used as a title

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Other Word Forms

  • pashadom noun

Etymology

Origin of pasha

1640–50; < Turkish paşa; see bashaw

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Now a city icon, it was a diplomatic gift from Muhammad Ali, the viceroy and pasha who is considered the founder of modern Egypt.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 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

So the telling goes, the young doctor of Isfahan was summoned to the palace of a great pasha.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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