شہنشاہ

Urdu

Alternative forms

  • شَاہَنْشاہ (śāhanśāh)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَاهَنْشَاه (šāhanšāh, king of kings).

Pronunciation

Noun

شَہَنْشاہ • (śahanśāh) m (Hindi spelling शहंशाह)

  1. shahanshah; king of kings
  2. emperor
    Synonym: سَمْراٹ (samrāṭ) (rare)

Declension

Declension of شہنشاہ
singular plural
direct شہنشاہ (śahanśāh) شہنشاہ (śahanśāh)
oblique شہنشاہ (śahanśāh) شہنشاہوں (śahanśāhō̃)
vocative شہنشاہ (śahanśāh) شہنشاہو (śahanśāhō)

Derived terms

  • شَہَنْشاہی (śahanśāhī, imperial)
  • شَہنْشاہِ کَونَین (śahnśāh-i kaunain, Prophet Muhammad, literally king of kings of the world)
  • شَہَنشاہِ فَلَک (śahanśāh-i falak, sun, literally king of kings of the sky)
  • شَہَنْشاہِ خاوَر (śahanśāh-i xāvar, sun, literally king of kings of the east)
  • شَہَنْشاہِیَت (śahanśāhiyat, imperialism)

References

  • شہنشاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), شہنشاہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884), شہنشاہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • شہنشاہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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