padishah

padishah
/pah"di shah', -shaw'/, n.
(often cap.) great king; emperor (a title applied esp. formerly to the shah of Iran, the sultan of Turkey, and to the British sovereign as emperor in India).
[1605-15; < Pers (poetical form), equiv. to padi- (earlier pati) lord + shah SHAH]

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Synonyms:
(of Persia) / (of Turkey),


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