Meanings
pasha1
plural pashas · alternative pascha · alternative bashaw · alternative bassa
- The Indian butterfly Herona marathus, family Nymphalidae.
Pasha2
plural Pashas
- A surname.
- A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian male given name diminutive Па́ша (Páša).
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
pasha · noun
- Ottoman Turkishباش“head”
- Persianبچّه
- Ottoman Turkishبچه“male offspring”
- Ottoman Turkishباش“head”
- Persianپادشاه“padishah, king”
- Ottoman Turkishپاشا
- Englishpasha
From Ottoman Turkish پاشا (pāšā) (Turkish paşa); this either from Persian پادشاه (pâdšâh, “padishah, king”), or from Ottoman Turkish باش (baş, “head”), or from Ottoman Turkish بچه (beççe, “male offspring”), this in turn from Persian بچّه (bačče). Ottoman Turkish باش (baş, “head”) + آغا (ağa, “master”) has also been proposed as etymon.
More words from Ottoman Turkish, Persian
Full word history & related roots →Pasha · noun, proper noun
- Latinpertica
- Old Frenchperche“pole”
- FrenchPerchard
- Turkishpaşa
- EnglishPasha
* As an Islamic surname (generally the Indian subcontinent), honorific title from Turkish paşa. This is also found in Albania, Turkey and Slavic countries. Compare Basha, Bey. * As an English surname, variant of Pasher, itself Anglicized from French Perchard, a suffixed form of Old French perche (“pole”), from Latin pertica.
More words from Turkish, French, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَاشَا
- بَاشَا (bāšā)title
Bengali পাশা
- পাশা (paśa)title
Bulgarian паша́
- паша́ (pašá)title
Catalan paixà
- paixàtitle
Chinese Mandarin 巴夏, 帕夏
- 巴夏 (bāxià)title
- 帕夏 (pàxià)title
Czech paša
- pašatitle
Danish pasha, sværmeri
- pashatitle
- sværmerititle
Dutch pasja
- pasjatitle
Esperanto paŝao
- paŝaotitle
Estonian paša
- pašatitle
Finnish pašša
- paššatitle
French pacha
- pachatitle
German Pascha
- Paschatitle
Greek πασάς
- πασάς (pasás)title
Hebrew פֶּחָה
- פֶּחָה (pekhá)title
Hindi पाशा
- पाशा (pāśā)title
Hungarian pasa, basa
- pasatitle
- basatitle
Icelandic pasja
- pasjatitle
Indonesian pasha
- pashatitle
Italian pascià
- pasciàtitle
Japanese パシャ, 州知事
- パシャ (pasha)title
- 州知事 (shūchiji)title
Korean 파샤
- 파샤 (pasya)title
Latin bassa
- bassatitle
Latvian pašā
- pašātitle
Lithuanian paša
- pašatitle
Malay pasha
- pashatitle
Norwegian Bokmål pasja
- pasjatitle
Polish pasza, pascha
- paszatitle
- paschatitle
- baszatitle
Portuguese paxá
- paxátitle
Romanian pașă
- pașătitle
Russian паша́
- паша́ (pašá)title
Slovak paša
- pašatitle
Spanish pachá, bajá
- pachátitle
- bajátitle
Swedish pascha
- paschatitle
Thai ปาชา
- ปาชาtitle
Turkish paşa
- paşatitle
Ukrainian паша́
- паша́ (pašá)title
Urdu پاشا
- پاشا (pāśā)title
Yiddish פּאַשאַ
- פּאַשאַ (pasha)title
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
pasha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pasha
“pasha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pasha. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pasha,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pasha.
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