"shah" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɑː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shah.wav Forms: shahs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: From Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/). Doublet of check. More at chess. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*tek-|id=receive}}, {{bor|en|fa|شاه|tr=šâh}} Persian شاه (šâh), {{der|en|pal|𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠|sc=Phli|tr=šāh}} Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), {{der|en|peo|𐏋|sc=Xpeo|ts=xšāyaθiya}} Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/), {{doublet|en|check}} Doublet of check Head templates: {{en-noun}} shah (plural shahs)
  1. A king of Persia or Iran. Categories (place): Iran, Persia Translations (king of Persia): shah [masculine] (Albanian), ሻህ (šah) (Amharic), شَاه (šāh) [masculine] (Arabic), շահ (šah) (Armenian), şah (Azerbaijani), шаһ (şah) (Bashkir), шах (šax) [masculine] (Belarusian), শাহ (śah) (Bengali), шах (šah) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ရှား (hra:) (Burmese), xa [masculine] (Catalan), 沙阿 (shā'ā) (Chinese Mandarin), 沙赫 (shāhè) (Chinese Mandarin), šach [masculine] (Czech), šáh [masculine] (Czech), shah [common-gender] (Danish), شَاه (šāh) (Dari), sjah [masculine] (Dutch), ŝaho (Esperanto), šahh (Estonian), šaahi (Finnish), shaahi (Finnish), shah [masculine] (French), chah [masculine] (French), შაჰი (šahi) (Georgian), Schah [masculine] (German), σάχης (sáchis) [masculine] (Greek), שָׁאח (shakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), शाह (śāh) [masculine] (Hindi), sah (Hungarian), sha (Ido), syah (Indonesian), شاه (šâh) (Iranian Persian), seá [masculine] (Irish), scià [masculine] (Italian), シャー (shā) (Japanese), шаһ (şah) (Kazakh), (sya) (Korean), шагь (şah) (Kumyk), шах (şah) (Kyrgyz), шаа (şaa) (Kyrgyz), sachus [masculine] (Latin), šahs [masculine] (Latvian), шагь (šah) (Lezgi), šachas [masculine] (Lithuanian), шах (šah) [masculine] (Macedonian), syah (Malay), 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ) (Middle Persian), şah [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), sjah [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjah [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ଶାହା (śāhā) (Odia), 𐏋 (XŠ) (Old Persian), شاه (şah) (Ottoman Turkish), شاه (šāh) [masculine] (Pashto), szach [masculine] (Polish), [masculine] (Portuguese), șah [masculine] (Romanian), шах (šax) [masculine] (Russian), क्षयति (kṣayati) (Sanskrit), ша̏х [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), šȁh [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), šach [masculine] (Slovak), šah [masculine] (Slovene), sah [masculine] (Spanish), shah (Swahili), shah [common-gender] (Swedish), шоҳ (šoh) (Tajik), шаһ (şah) (Tatar), ชาห์ (chaa) (Thai), şah (Turkish), şa (Turkmen), шах (šax) [masculine] (Ukrainian), شاہ (śāh) [masculine] (Urdu), شاھ (shah) (Uyghur), shoh (Uzbek), sa (Vietnamese), vua Ba Tư (Vietnamese), şağ [masculine] (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-shah-en-noun-t8Tr0kQ3 Disambiguation of Iran: 80 17 4 Disambiguation of Persia: 80 16 4 Disambiguation of 'king of Persia': 97 3
  2. A supreme ruler in some West Asian, Central Asian or South Asian nations. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-shah-en-noun-bzGf2mNr Disambiguation of People: 3 61 35 Categories (other): Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters, Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Amharic translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bashkir translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Kumyk translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lezgi translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Middle Persian translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Odia translations, Terms with Old Persian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Pashto translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Tatar translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Turkmen translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with Uyghur translations, Terms with Uzbek translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Zazaki translations Disambiguation of Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters: 20 80 Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Amharic translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Bashkir translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Kumyk translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Lezgi translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle Persian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Odia translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Persian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Pashto translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Tatar translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkmen translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Zazaki translations: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: schah [archaic], šâh, šāh, shāh, s̲h̲āh (english: scholarly transliterations) [rare] Derived forms: shahdom Related terms: shahanshah, shahbanu, shahi, Shahmukhi, shahzada
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ʃɑː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shah.wav Forms: shahs [plural], shahy [plural], shahiv [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: From Ukrainian шаг (šah). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|uk|шаг}} Ukrainian шаг (šah) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|shahy|shahiv}} shah (plural shahs or shahy or shahiv)
  1. (historical) A Ukrainian monetary unit. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Heads of state, Monarchy Translations (former Ukrainian monetary unit): шаг (šag) [masculine] (Russian), шаг (šah) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-shah-en-noun-ZoP~Ukt~ Disambiguation of Heads of state: 2 31 67 Disambiguation of Monarchy: 3 29 67 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 22 77 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 11 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 16 7 3 1 9 1 2 17 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 4 2 1 9 1 1 15 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 20 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 2 17 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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    },
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  "etymology_text": "From Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/). Doublet of check. More at chess.",
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          "ref": "2011 [1977 December 31], Jimmy Carter, White House Diary, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 156:",
          "text": "We had a cordial welcome in Tehran from the shah and Empress Farah, a delightful banquet, and adequate time to discuss the Middle East and nuclear power affairs with the shah.",
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
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          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "roman": "šah",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "ሻህ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "šāh",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "شَاه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "šah",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "շահ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "şah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "şah",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "шаһ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "šax",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "śah",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "শাহ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "šah",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hra:",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "ရှား"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "xa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shā'ā",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "沙阿"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shāhè",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "沙赫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "sense": "king of Persia",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "shah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "sjah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "ŝaho"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "šahh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "šaahi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "shaahi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "shah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "chah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šahi",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "შაჰი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sáchis",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "σάχης"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shakh",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "שָׁאח"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "śāh",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "शाह"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "sah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "sha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "syah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "seá"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "scià"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shā",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "シャー"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "şah",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "шаһ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sya",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "샤"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "kum",
          "lang": "Kumyk",
          "roman": "şah",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "шагь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "şah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "şah",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "шах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "şaa",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "шаа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sachus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "šahs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lez",
          "lang": "Lezgi",
          "roman": "šah",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "шагь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "šachas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "šah",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
          "word": "syah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pal",
          "lang": "Middle Persian",
          "roman": "mlkʾ",
          "sense": "king of Persia",
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    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "king of Persia",
      "word": "shah"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "king of Persia",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "shah"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "šoh",
      "sense": "king of Persia",
      "word": "шоҳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "şah",
      "sense": "king of Persia",
      "word": "шаһ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chaa",
      "sense": "king of Persia",
      "word": "ชาห์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "king of Persia",
      "word": "şah"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "king of Persia",
      "word": "şa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šax",
      "sense": "king of Persia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шах"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "śāh",
      "sense": "king of Persia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شاہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "shah",
      "sense": "king of Persia",
      "word": "شاھ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "king of Persia",
      "word": "shoh"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "king of Persia",
      "word": "sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "king of Persia",
      "word": "vua Ba Tư"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "king of Persia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "şağ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "shah"
  ],
  "word": "shah"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
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    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Ukrainian",
    "English terms derived from Ukrainian",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː/1 syllable",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "en:Heads of state",
    "en:Iran",
    "en:Monarchy",
    "en:People",
    "en:Persia"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "uk",
        "3": "шаг"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian шаг (šah)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ukrainian шаг (šah).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shahs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shahy",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shahiv",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "shahy",
        "3": "shahiv"
      },
      "expansion": "shah (plural shahs or shahy or shahiv)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Ukrainian monetary unit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Ukrainian",
          "Ukrainian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A Ukrainian monetary unit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɑː/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šag",
      "sense": "former Ukrainian monetary unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шаг"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šah",
      "sense": "former Ukrainian monetary unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шаг"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Ukrainian shah"
  ],
  "word": "shah"
}

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