English Explanatory Dictionary

shahanshah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. King of kings; a title given to the rulers of ancient Persia and sometimes of Armenia.
noun
  1. Alternative form of shahanshah

Word forms

shahanshah shahanshahs Shāhanshāh Shahan Shah Shahinshah Shah-in-Shah Shahenshah Shah en Shah

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَاهَنْشَاه (šāhanšāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾn mlkʾ /⁠šāhān šāh⁠/, “king of kings”), which see for more.

Related words

shah
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