shah
pronunciation
How to pronounce shah in British English:
UK [ʃɑ:]
How to pronounce shah in American English:
US [ʃɑ]
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- Noun:
- title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
Word Origin
- shah (n.)
- title of the king of Persia, 1560s, shaw, from Persian shah, shortened from Old Persian xšayathiya "king," from Indo-Iranian *ksayati "he has power over, rules" from PIE *tke- "to gain control of, gain power over" (cognates: Sanskrit ksatram "dominion;" Greek krasthai "to acquire, get," kektesthai "to possess"). His wife is a shahbanu (from banu "lady"); his son is a shahzadah (from zadah "son").
Example
- 1. The islamic revolution has learned from the shah .
- 2. The shah desperately wanted nuclear energy for iran .
- 3. He overlooks the shah 's shortcomings .
- 4. The shah asked if I would return .
- 5. In destroying mossadeq ( who died in internal exile in 1967 ) , the shah robbed liberal iranians of their natural figurehead .