Etymology

shahbanu

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Today it means: The consort of a shah. Full definition →

Classical Persian شهبانو
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  1. Classical Persian · borrowed fromشهبانو
  2. English todayshahbanu

Borrowed from Classical Persian شهبانو (šahbānū, šahbānō), from شاه (šāh, “king”) + بانو (bānū, bānō, “lady”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.