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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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