Meaning

3 senses
  1. A king of Persia or Iran.

    Schah

    шахšax

    шахšax

  2. A supreme ruler in some West Asian, Central Asian or South Asian nations.

  3. (historical)A Ukrainian monetary unit.

    шагšag

    шагšah

More definitions
  • title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran

Examples

5 sentences
  1. He would like to know whether you play shah.

    deEr möchte wissen, ob du Schah spielst.

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  2. A shah is a type of king, while chess is a type of game.

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  3. What did Shah Jahan build?

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  4. Iran had a liberal democracy before the U.S. deposed it in favor of autocratic rule by the Shah.

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  5. Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb are considered the most important Mughal emperors.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
king of Persia:
former Ukrainian monetary unit:
Русский
By meaning 2
king of Persia:
former Ukrainian monetary unit:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
king of Persia:

Origin

Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (

Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/). Doublet of check. More at chess.

Borrowed from Ukrainian шаг (šah).

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Forms

plural: shahs / shahy / shahiv

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran:Shah of Iran

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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