پاشا

Mazanderani

Proper noun

پاشا (Pâšâ)

  1. a male given name

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From باش (baş, head) + آغا (ağa, master), or from Persian پادشاه (pâdšâh, padishah, king).[1] Compare the obsolete forms باش آغا/باشه[2] and Kazakh басеке (baseke, master, leader) for semantic development.

Noun

پاشا • (paşa)

  1. pasha

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. "pasha".
  2. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890), “پاشا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 326

Uyghur

Etymology 1

From Classical Persian پَشَّه (pašša, mosquito).

Noun

پاشا • (pasha) (plural پاشىلار (pashilar))

  1. mosquito
Derived terms
  • پاشىلىق (pashiliq, mosquito-infested place; mosquito net)

Etymology 2

Compare Uzbek Poshsha (female given name), poshsha (endearing epithet used for women and girls).

Proper noun

پاشا • (pasha)

  1. a female given name