Pasha Definition

pəzhä, päzhə, pazhə
noun
In the Ottoman Empire,
Webster's New World
Used formerly as a title for military and civil officers, especially in Turkey and northern Africa.
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Singular:
pasha
Plural:
pashas

Origin of Pasha

  • From Ottoman Turkish پاشا (pāšā) (Turkish paÅŸa); this either from Persian پادشاه (pādšāh, “padishah, king"), or from Turkish baÅŸ (“head"), or from Turkish beÅŸe (“boy, prince"), this in turn from Persian بچّه (bačče).

    From Wiktionary

  • Turkish paşa from Persian pādshāh Padishah

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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