shah

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɑː/ Rhymes: -ɑː === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/). Doublet of check. More at chess. ==== Alternative forms ==== schah (archaic) šâh, šāh, shāh, s̲h̲āh (all rare, scholarly transliterations) ==== Noun ==== shah (plural shahs) A king of Persia or Iran. A supreme ruler in some West Asian, Central Asian or South Asian nations. ===== Usage notes ===== The wife of the last shah of Iran used the title shahbanu, which was translated as empress into English. His sons used the title shahzada (shah's descendant), which was translated as prince into English. ===== Derived terms ===== shahdom ===== Related terms ===== shahanshah shahbanu shahi Shahmukhi shahzada ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Ukrainian шаг (šah). ==== Noun ==== shah (plural shahs or shahy or shahiv) (historical) A Ukrainian monetary unit. ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Hash, ahhs, hahs, hash == Albanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شاه (şâh), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʃah] === Noun === shah m (plural shahë, definite shahu, definite plural shahët) (uncountable) chess check (as it pertains to a game of chess) (also in the plural) a ruler in some Eastern regions (Iran, etc.) === Adverb === shah straight, bipedally, upright Synonyms: arithi, qirithi, shahthi bewildered, taken aback Synonym: shtang (figurative) alone, deserted Synonyms: vetëm, shkretë === Related terms === === Further reading === FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980 “shah”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 Mann, S. E. (1948), “shah”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 467 == French == === Etymology === From Persian. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃa/ === Noun === shah m (plural shahs) alternative spelling of schah === Further reading === “shah”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɑː/ === Noun === shah m (definite singular shahen, indefinite plural shahar, definite plural shahane) alternative spelling of sjah === References === “shah”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016 == South Slavey == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʃà(h)] Hyphenation: shah === Noun === shah (stem -zha-) Fort Liard form of sah ==== Inflection ==== === References === Keren Rice (1989), A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 37 == Swedish == === Etymology === From Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (xšāyaθiya). Doublet of schack (“chess; check”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɧɑː/ === Noun === shah c a shah; a king of Persia ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== schack