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  padishah

  noun

  great king; emperor (a title applied especially formerly to the shah of Iran, the sultan of Turkey, and to the British sovereign as emperor in India).
• Padishah
  Padishah

  noun

  a title of the shah of Iran

padishah

American  

[pah-di-shah, -shaw] / ˈpɑ dɪˌʃɑ, -ˌʃɔ /

noun

1. (often initial capital letter) great king; emperor (a title applied especially formerly to the shah of Iran, the sultan of Turkey, and to the British sovereign as emperor in India).

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Padishah British  

/ ˈpɑːdɪˌʃɑː /

noun

1. a title of the shah of Iran

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Etymology

Origin of padishah

1605–15; < Persian (poetical form), equivalent to pādi- (earlier pati ) lord + shāh shah