شہنشاہ

Urdu

Alternative forms

• شَاہَنْشاہ (śāhanśāh), شاہان شاہ (śāhān śāh)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهَنْشَاه (šahanšāh) or شَاهَنْشَاه (šāhanšāh, “king of kings”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ɦən.ʃɑːɦ/, [ʃɛ.ɦɛn.ʃɑːʱ],

Noun

شہنشاہ • (śahanśāh) m (Hindi spelling शहंशाह)

1. shahanshah; king of kings
2. emperor

   Synonym: سَمْراٹ (samrāṭ) (rare)

   Synonyms: سَمْراج (samrāj), بادْشاہ (bādśāh), سُلْطان (sultān), پادْشاہ (pādśāh), قَیصَر (qaisar)

Declension

Declension of شہنشاہ
	singular	plural
direct	شہنشاہ (śahanśāh)	شہنشاہ (śahanśāh)
oblique	شہنشاہ (śahanśāh)	شہنشاہوں (śahanśāhõ)
vocative	شہنشاہ (śahanśāh)	شہنشاہو (śahanśāho)

Derived terms

• شَہَنْشاہی (śahanśāhī, “imperial”)
• شَہَنْشاہِ کَونَین (śahanśāh-i kaunain, “Prophet Muhammad”, literally “king of kings of the world”)
• شَہَنشاہِ فَلَک (śahanśāh-i falak, “sun”, literally “king of kings of the sky”)
• شَہَنْشاہِ خاوَر (śahanśāh-i xāvar, “sun”, literally “king of kings of the east”)
• شَہَنْشاہِیَت (śahanśāhiyat, “imperialism”)

References

• “شہنشاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شہنشاہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “شہنشاہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “شہنشاہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.