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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El Mansouri's late father was a pasha, a senior local official, and a diplomat.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
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
Or maybe he just wants to lie down and luxuriate on a rug, a furry pasha surveying his realm.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2015
He recorded them in New York with Arif Mardin, the pasha of R&B who had produced such premium soul products as Anita Baker, Patti LaBelle and the Bee Gees.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2011
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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