"Schah" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ʃaː/ Audio: De-Schah.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -aː Etymology: Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh). Doublet of Schach, Scheck, and Check. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|fa|شاه|tr=šâh}} Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh), {{doublet|de|Schach|Scheck|Check}} Doublet of Schach, Scheck, and Check Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,s}} Schah m (strong, genitive Schahs, plural Schahs) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,s}} Forms: Schahs [genitive], Schahs [plural], strong [table-tags], Schah [nominative, singular], Schahs [definite, nominative, plural], Schahs [genitive, singular], Schahs [definite, genitive, plural], Schah [dative, singular], Schahs [dative, definite, plural], Schah [accusative, singular], Schahs [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. shah (king of Persia) Wikipedia link: de: Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms: Schahanhänger, Schahbanu, Schahinschah, Schahregime

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "شاه",
      "شاه#Persian"
    ],
    [
      "Schach",
      "Schach#German"
    ],
    [
      "Scheck",
      "Scheck#German"
    ],
    [
      "Check",
      "Check#German"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "fa",
        "3": "شاه",
        "tr": "šâh"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schach",
        "3": "Scheck",
        "4": "Check"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Schach, Scheck, and Check",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh). Doublet of Schach, Scheck, and Check.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Schahs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schahs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schah",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schahs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schahs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schahs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schah",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schahs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schah",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schahs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,s"
      },
      "expansion": "Schah m (strong, genitive Schahs, plural Schahs)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Heads of state",
          "orig": "de:Heads of state",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Iran",
          "orig": "de:Iran",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Monarchy",
          "orig": "de:Monarchy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Schahanhänger"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schahbanu"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schahinschah"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schahregime"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shah (king of Persia)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Schah-de-noun-4IUPxgs5",
      "links": [
        [
          "shah",
          "shah"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "de:"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃaː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Schah.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/De-Schah.ogg/De-Schah.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/De-Schah.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aː"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Schar (many speakers)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "scharr (some speakers)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Schah"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Schahanhänger"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schahbanu"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schahinschah"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schahregime"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "شاه",
      "شاه#Persian"
    ],
    [
      "Schach",
      "Schach#German"
    ],
    [
      "Scheck",
      "Scheck#German"
    ],
    [
      "Check",
      "Check#German"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "fa",
        "3": "شاه",
        "tr": "šâh"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schach",
        "3": "Scheck",
        "4": "Check"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Schach, Scheck, and Check",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh). Doublet of Schach, Scheck, and Check.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Schahs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schahs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schah",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schahs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schahs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schahs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schah",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schahs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schah",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schahs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,s"
      },
      "expansion": "Schah m (strong, genitive Schahs, plural Schahs)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German doublets",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms borrowed from Persian",
        "German terms derived from Persian",
        "German terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:German/aː",
        "Rhymes:German/aː/1 syllable",
        "de:Heads of state",
        "de:Iran",
        "de:Monarchy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shah (king of Persia)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shah",
          "shah"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "de:"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃaː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Schah.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/De-Schah.ogg/De-Schah.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/De-Schah.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aː"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Schar (many speakers)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "scharr (some speakers)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Schah"
}

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