padishah

[ pah-di-shah, -shaw ]

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).

Padishah

/ ˈpɑːdɪˌʃɑː /

noun

1. a title of the shah of Iran

Word History and Origins

Origin of padishah¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of padishah¹

from Persian pādi lord + shah

Example Sentences

The Khanum is dead, and her secrets are the Padishah's, like everything else she possessed.

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Shir Khan treated the women belonging to Humaynn with great respect, and restored them to the padishah.

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The Padishah has but to nod, and pashas and princes become slaves, beggars, or corpses.

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What is more remarkable, the Padishah stood up; the prince seeing this, whispered the patriarch to curtail the ceremony.

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But that same banner thou shouldst seize and bear in thine own hand, most glorious Padishah!

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