shah

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑː/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

From Persian شاه‎ (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠‎ (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/). Doublet of check. More at chess.

• schah (archaic)
• šâh, šāh, shāh, s̲h̲āh (all rare)

shah (plural shahs)

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran.

1. A king of Persia or Iran.
   • 2011 [31 December 1977], Carter, Jimmy, White House Diary‎, →ISBN, LCCN 2010015544, OCLC 712116640, page 156:

     We had a cordial welcome in Tehran from the shah and Empress Farah, a delightful banquet, and adequate time to discuss the Middle East and nuclear power affairs with the shah.

2. A supreme ruler in some Middle Eastern or South Asian nations.

The wife of the last shah of Iran used the title shahbanu, which was translated as empress into English. His sons used the title shahzadeh (shah's descendant), which was translated as prince into English.

• shahdom

• shahanshah
• shahi
• Shahmukhi

From Ukrainian шаг (šah).

shah (plural shahs or shahy or shahiv)

1. (historical) A Ukrainian monetary unit.

• Hash, ahhs, hahs, hash

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شاه‎ (shâh), from Persian شاه‎ (shâh).

• IPA^(key): [ʃa]

shah m

1. chess

From Persian.

• IPA^(key): /ʃa/

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shah m (plural shahs)

1. Alternative spelling of schah

• “shah”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑː/

shah m (definite singular shahen, indefinite plural shahar, definite plural shahane)

1. alternative spelling of sjah

• “shah”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

• IPA^(key): /ʃàh/

shah

1. Fort Liard form of sah

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 37

From Persian شاه‎ (šāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠‎ (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (xšāyaθiya). Doublet of schack (“chess; check”).

• IPA^(key): /ɧɑː/

shah c

1. a shah; a king of Persia

• schack