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padishah Definition

pa·di·shah (pä′dē s̸hä′)

noun

a title formerly used for:

  1. a great king; emperor
  2. the shah of Iran
  3. the sultan of Turkey
  4. the British sovereign as emperor of India

Etymology: Pers pādshāh < pati, master (< Sans pāti: see potent) + shāh, shah

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