Shamsher Jang

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Hindu princely title, Sword of War.

Word forms

Shamsher Jang

Etymology

From the Hindi शमशेर जंग (śamśer jaṅg, “sword of war”), from Classical Persian شمشیر جنگ (šamšēr jang). It was part of the full title of the Maharaja of Travancore.

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