Meanings
shah1
plural shahs · alternative archaic schah · alternative šâh · alternative šāh · alternative shāh · alternative s̲h̲āh
- A supreme ruler in some West Asian, Central Asian or South Asian nations.
shah2
plural shahs · plural shahy · plural shahiv
- historicalA Ukrainian monetary unit.
Shah3
plural Shahs
- A surname from Persian or Gujarati.
Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, was renamed Sri Vijaya Puram, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah saying on Friday that it was done to realise "Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to free the nation from colonial imprints".
2024 September 13, “Port Blair renamed Sri Vijaya Puram 'to free nation from colonial imprints'”, in India Today, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
nountitle for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
shah · noun
- Old Persian𐏋
- Middle Persian𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠
- Persianشاه
- Englishshah
Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (MLKA /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/). Doublet of check and kshatriya. More at chess.
More words from Persian, Middle Persian, Old Persian
Full word history & related roots →shah · noun
- Ukrainianшаг
- Ukrainianшаг
- Englishshah
Borrowed from Ukrainian шаг (šah).
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Full word history & related roots →Shah · proper noun
- Sanskritसाधु“merchant; jeweller; money-lender”
- Gujaratiસાહ“merchant”
- Persianشاه“shah, king”
- EnglishShah
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Persian شاه (“shah, king”), a Persian surname which is widespread in Iran and in the subcontinent. * Borrowed from Gujarati સાહ (sāh, “merchant”), an occupational surname from Sanskrit साधु (sādhu, “merchant; jeweller; money-lender”).
More words from Persian, Gujarati, Sanskrit
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic شَاه
- شَاه (šāh)king of Persia
Bengali শাহ
- শাহ (śah)king of Persia
Bulgarian шах
- шах (šah)king of Persia
Catalan xa
- xaking of Persia
Chinese Mandarin 沙阿, 沙赫
- 沙阿 (shā'ā)king of Persia
- 沙赫 (shāhè)king of Persia
Czech šach, šáh
- šachking of Persia
- šáhking of Persia
Danish shah
- shahking of Persia
Dutch sjah
- sjahking of Persia
Esperanto ŝaho
- ŝahoking of Persia
Estonian šahh
- šahhking of Persia
Finnish šaahi, shaahi
- šaahiking of Persia
- shaahiking of Persia
French shah, chah
- shahking of Persia
- chahking of Persia
German Schah
- Schahking of Persia
Greek σάχης
- σάχης (sáchis)king of Persia
Hebrew שָׁאח
- שָׁאח (shakh)king of Persia
Hindi शाह
- शाह (śāh)king of Persia
Hungarian sah
- sahking of Persia
Indonesian syah
- syahking of Persia
Irish seá
- seáking of Persia
Italian scià
- sciàking of Persia
Japanese シャー
- シャー (shā)king of Persia
Korean 샤
- 샤 (sya)king of Persia
Latin sachus
- sachusking of Persia
Latvian šahs
- šahsking of Persia
Lithuanian šachas
- šachasking of Persia
Malay syah
- syahking of Persia
Norwegian Bokmål sjah
- sjahking of Persia
Polish szach
- szachking of Persia
Portuguese xá
- xáking of Persia
Romanian șah
- șahking of Persia
Russian шах, шаг
- шах (šax)king of Persia
- шаг (šag)former Ukrainian monetary unit
Slovak šach
- šachking of Persia
Spanish sah
- sahking of Persia
Swahili shah
- shahking of Persia
Swedish shah
- shahking of Persia
Thai ชาห์
- ชาห์ (chaa)king of Persia
Turkish şah
- şahking of Persia
Ukrainian шах, шаг
- шах (šax)king of Persia
- шаг (šah)former Ukrainian monetary unit
Urdu شاہ
- شاہ (śāh)king of Persia
Vietnamese sa, vua Ba Tư
- saking of Persia
- vua Ba Tưking of Persia
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with shah
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
shah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shah
“shah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shah. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shah,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shah.
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