शहंशाह

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاهنشاه (šâhanšâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāhān šāh), likely inherited from Old Persian 𐏋 𐏐 𐏋𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 (XŠ : XŠ-a-n-a-m /⁠xšāyaθiya xšāyaθiyānām⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃə.ɦən.ʃɑːɦ/, [ʃɛ.ɦɛ̃ɲ.ʃäːʱ]
  • edit requested, IPA is ʃɛ.ɦɛ̃n.ʃäːʱ, please update the template to match, the palatal nasal is only found in sanskrit loans

Noun

शहंशाह • (śahañśāh) m (Urdu spelling شہنشاہ)

  1. shahanshah; king of kings
  2. emperor
    Synonyms: सम्राट (samrāṭ), सम्राज (samrāj), बादशाह (bādśāh), पादशाह (pādśāh), सुल्तान (sultān)

Declension

Declension of शहंशाह (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct शहंशाह
śahañśāh 		शहंशाह
śahañśāh
oblique शहंशाह
śahañśāh 		शहंशाहों
śahañśāhõ
vocative शहंशाह
śahañśāh 		शहंशाहो
śahañśāho

Alternative forms

शहनशाह (śahanśāh), शहन शाह (śahan śāh)

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