badshah

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A form of padishah — A ruler of a Muslim country or state.

OriginClassical Persian بادشاه ← Hindustani →
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Meanings

badshah1

nounbadshah (plural badshahs)

plural badshahs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Padishah.

Badshah2

nounBadshah (plural Badshahs)

plural Badshahs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Padishah.

    Uncle Reloo told me that the badshah could drink twenty cups of arrack and eat tolas of opium every day and yet poke his queen and the other women of his harem every night.

    2000, Khushwant Singh, The Collected Novels
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    […] it is rumoured by the people, was accidentally discovered in a spot in this neighbourhood by a Fakir, who in person reported the circumstance to the Badshah of Chitral; the latter was then conducted to the spot […]

    1870, T. G. Montegomerie, “A Havildar's Journey through Chitral to Faizabad”, in The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London

Origin

  1. Hindustani
  2. Classical Persianبادشاه
  3. EnglishBadshah

Borrowed from Classical Persian بادشاه (bādšāh) via Hindustani बादशाह/بادشاہ (bādśāh).

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APA

badshah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badshah

MLA

“badshah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badshah. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “badshah,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badshah.

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