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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "šâh mât",
"word": "شاه مات"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "šâh-doxt",
"word": "شاهدخت"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "šâhdozd",
"word": "شاهدزد"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "šâhrâh",
"word": "شاهراه"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "šâhrud",
"word": "شاهرود"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "šâh-rag",
"word": "شاهرگ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "šâh-zâde",
"word": "شاهزاده"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "šâhasparam",
"word": "شاهسپرم"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "šâh-nâme",
"word": "شاهنامه"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "šâhanšâh",
"word": "شاهنشاه"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "šâh-kâr",
"word": "شاهکار"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "šâh-tut",
"word": "شاهتوت"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "šâh-dâmâd",
"word": "شاهداماد"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "šâh-dâne",
"word": "شاهدانه"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "šâh-tuti",
"word": "شاهطوطی"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "شَاه",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Arabic: شَاه (šāh)\n→ Basque: xake\n→ Czech: šach\n→ Galician: xaque\n→ Portuguese: xeque, xaque\n→ Slovak: šach\n→ Slovene: šah\n→ Spanish: jaque\n→ Vulgar Latin: *scaccus\nItalian: scacco\nOld French: eschec\nFrench: échec\n→ Catalan: xec\n→ Middle Dutch: scaec\nDutch: schaak\n→ Danish: skak\n→ Middle English: chek, chekke\nEnglish: check, cheque (see there for further descendants)\n→ Middle English: ches, chees, chesse, echesse, esches (via the plural eschés)\nEnglish: chess\nScots: chess\n→ Middle High German: schāch\nGerman: Schach (see there for further descendants)\n→ Saterland Frisian: Schak, Schach\n⇒ Medieval Latin: scaccarium (see there for further descendants)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Arabic: شَاه (šāh)\n→ Basque: xake\n→ Czech: šach\n→ Galician: xaque\n→ Portuguese: xeque, xaque\n→ Slovak: šach\n→ Slovene: šah\n→ Spanish: jaque\n→ Vulgar Latin: *scaccus\nItalian: scacco\nOld French: eschec\nFrench: échec\n→ Catalan: xec\n→ Middle Dutch: scaec\nDutch: schaak\n→ Danish: skak\n→ Middle English: chek, chekke\nEnglish: check, cheque (see there for further descendants)\n→ Middle English: ches, chees, chesse, echesse, esches (via the plural eschés)\nEnglish: chess\nScots: chess\n→ Middle High German: schāch\nGerman: Schach (see there for further descendants)\n→ Saterland Frisian: Schak, Schach\n⇒ Medieval Latin: scaccarium (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "az",
"2": "şah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: şah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Azerbaijani: şah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ba",
"2": "шаһ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bashkir: шаһ (şah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bashkir: шаһ (şah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "be",
"2": "шах",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Belarusian: шах (šax)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Belarusian: шах (šax)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "শাহ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: শাহ (śah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: শাহ (śah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bg",
"2": "шах",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bulgarian: шах (šah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bulgarian: шах (šah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "xa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: xa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: xa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "沙阿",
"3": "沙赫",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "shā'ā",
"tr2": "shāhè"
},
"expansion": "→ Chinese: 沙阿 (shā'ā), 沙赫 (shāhè)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Chinese: 沙阿 (shā'ā), 沙赫 (shāhè)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "shah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: shah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: shah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "sjah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: sjah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: sjah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "shah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: shah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: shah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "et",
"2": "šahh",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Estonian: šahh",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Estonian: šahh"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "šakki",
"alts": "1",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: šakki, shakki, sakki",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: šakki, shakki, sakki"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "schah",
"alts": "1",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: schah, chah, shah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: schah, chah, shah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ka",
"2": "შაჰი",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Georgian: შაჰი (šahi)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Georgian: შაჰი (šahi)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "→ Hindustani:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "शाह"
},
"expansion": "Hindi: शाह (śāh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hindi: शाह (śāh)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "شاہ",
"tr": "šāh"
},
"expansion": "Urdu: شاہ (šāh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Urdu: شاہ (šāh)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "sakk",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hungarian: sakk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hungarian: sakk"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "seá",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Irish: seá",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Irish: seá"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "scià",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: scià",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: scià"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "シャー",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "shā"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: シャー (shā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: シャー (shā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kk",
"2": "шаһ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kazakh: шаһ (şah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kazakh: шаһ (şah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "klj",
"2": "şâh",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Khalaj: şâh",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Khalaj: şâh"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "샤",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 샤 (sya)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 샤 (sya)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kum",
"2": "шагь",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kumyk: шагь (şah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kumyk: шагь (şah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ky",
"2": "шах",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kyrgyz: шах (şah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kyrgyz: шах (şah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "šahs",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Latvian: šahs",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Latvian: šahs"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lez",
"2": "шагь",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lezgi: шагь (šah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lezgi: шагь (šah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "šachas",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lithuanian: šachas",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lithuanian: šachas"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mk",
"2": "шах",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Macedonian: шах (šah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Macedonian: шах (šah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "syah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malay: syah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malay: syah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mn",
"2": "шах",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Mongolian: шах (šax)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Mongolian: шах (šax)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "axm",
"2": "շահ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Middle Armenian: շահ (šah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Middle Armenian: շահ (šah)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "շահ"
},
"expansion": "Armenian: շահ (šah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Armenian: շահ (šah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "sjah"
},
"expansion": "sjah",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian: sjah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "skák",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Norse: skák\nFaroese: skák\nIcelandic: skák\nNorwegian Bokmål: sjakk\nNorwegian Nynorsk: sjakk",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Norse: skák\nFaroese: skák\nIcelandic: skák\nNorwegian Bokmål: sjakk\nNorwegian Nynorsk: sjakk"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ota",
"2": "شاه",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "shâh"
},
"expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: شاه (shâh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: شاه (shâh)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "şah"
},
"expansion": "Turkish: şah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Turkish: şah"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "shah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Albanian: shah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Albanian: shah"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "sah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hungarian: sah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hungarian: sah"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "șah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: șah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: șah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ps",
"2": "شاه",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "šāh"
},
"expansion": "→ Pashto: شاه (šāh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Pashto: شاه (šāh)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "szach",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: szach",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: szach"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "xá",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: xá",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: xá"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "borrowed",
"2": "→"
},
"expansion": "→",
"name": "tooltip"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "→",
"name": "→"
}
],
"text": "→ Punjabi:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਸ਼ਾਹ",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਹ (śāh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਹ (śāh)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "شاہ",
"sclb": "1",
"tr": "šāh"
},
"expansion": "Shahmukhi script: شاہ (šāh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Shahmukhi script: شاہ (šāh)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "шах",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: шах (šax)\n→ Armenian: շախ (šax)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: шах (šax)\n→ Armenian: շախ (šax)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "шах",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Cyrillic script: шах",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Cyrillic script: шах"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "šah",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Latin script: šah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Latin script: šah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "sah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: sah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: sah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "shah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: shah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: shah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tt",
"2": "шаһ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tatar: шаһ (şah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tatar: шаһ (şah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "şah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Turkish: şah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Turkish: şah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tk",
"2": "şah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Turkmen: şah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Turkmen: şah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uk",
"2": "шах",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ukrainian: шах (šax)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ukrainian: шах (šax)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ug",
"2": "شاھ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Uyghur: شاھ (shah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Uyghur: شاھ (shah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uz",
"2": "shoh",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Uzbek: shoh",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Uzbek: shoh"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vi",
"2": "sa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Vietnamese: sa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Vietnamese: sa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zza",
"2": "şağ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Zazaki: şağ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Zazaki: şağ"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*tek-",
"id": "receive"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "pal",
"3": "𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠",
"sc": "Phli",
"ts": "šāh"
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "peo",
"3": "𐏋",
"4": "",
"5": "king",
"sc": "Xpeo",
"ts": "xšāyaθiya"
},
"expansion": "Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "ira-pro",
"3": "*xšáyati"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian *xšáyati",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "*kšáyati",
"4": "",
"5": "he rules, he has power over"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (“he rules, he has power over”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "क्षयति",
"tr": "kṣáyati"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit क्षयति (kṣáyati)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*tek-",
"4": "",
"5": "to gain power over, gain control over"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to gain power over, gain control over”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”), from Proto-Iranian *xšáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (“he rules, he has power over”) (whence Sanskrit क्षयति (kṣáyati)), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to gain power over, gain control over”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "šâh",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "شاهان",
"roman": "šâhân",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "شاهان",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"f1tr": "šâhân",
"f2tr": "",
"f3tr": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"tr": "šâh",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": ""
},
"expansion": "شاه • (šâh) (plural شاهان (šâhân))",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"pl": "شاهان",
"pltr": "šâhân",
"tr": "šâh"
},
"expansion": "شاه • (šâh) (plural شاهان (šâhân))",
"name": "fa-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "vazir",
"word": "وزیر"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "rox",
"word": "رخ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "qal'e",
"word": "قلعه"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "fil",
"word": "فیل"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "asb",
"word": "اسب"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "piyâde",
"word": "پیاده"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "sarbâz",
"word": "سرباز"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "52 9 12 28",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "fa",
"name": "Heads of state",
"orig": "fa:Heads of state",
"parents": [
"Government",
"Positions of authority",
"Politics",
"Society",
"Leaders",
"Occupations",
"All topics",
"People",
"Work",
"Fundamental",
"Human",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "53 8 9 31",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "fa",
"name": "Monarchy",
"orig": "fa:Monarchy",
"parents": [
"Forms of government",
"High society",
"Government",
"Society",
"Politics",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"king; shah"
],
"id": "en-شاه-fa-noun-l-0GtYgW",
"links": [
[
"king",
"king"
],
[
"shah",
"shah"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "fa",
"name": "Chess",
"orig": "fa:Chess",
"parents": [
"Board games",
"Tabletop games",
"Games",
"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "13 56 10 22",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "fa",
"name": "Chess",
"orig": "fa:Chess",
"parents": [
"Board games",
"Tabletop games",
"Games",
"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"king"
],
"id": "en-شاه-fa-noun-6B3-aYQa",
"links": [
[
"chess",
"chess"
],
[
"king",
"king"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chess) king"
],
"topics": [
"board-games",
"chess",
"games"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Something that is the biggest or the best of its kind."
],
"id": "en-شاه-fa-noun-Qslx9oEb",
"links": [
[
"biggest",
"biggest"
],
[
"best",
"best"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in compounds) Something that is the biggest or the best of its kind."
],
"tags": [
"in-compounds"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "9 17 7 19 6 8 11 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 21 23 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "10ᵗʰ Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh\nمگر شاه را نزد ماه آوریم / به نزدیک او پایگاه آوریم\nmagar šâh râ nazd-e mâh âvarim / be nazdik-e 'u pâygâh âvarim\n[... We shall not give up] unless we bring the groom (Zāl) before the Moon (metaphor: Rudāba), / and settle him by her side.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"bridegroom, son-in-law, or brother-in-law"
],
"id": "en-شاه-fa-noun-Ayba2lVJ",
"links": [
[
"bridegroom",
"bridegroom"
],
[
"son-in-law",
"son-in-law"
],
[
"brother-in-law",
"brother-in-law"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) bridegroom, son-in-law, or brother-in-law"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "شاهداماد"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ʃɑːh]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃɑːʱ]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃɑːʱ]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃɑː]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃɔː]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃɒːʱ]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃɔʱ]",
"tags": [
"Tajik",
"formal"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q9168 (fas)-Afsham23-شاه.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/LL-Q9168_%28fas%29-Afsham23-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87.wav/LL-Q9168_%28fas%29-Afsham23-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/LL-Q9168_%28fas%29-Afsham23-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87.wav/LL-Q9168_%28fas%29-Afsham23-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Iran"
],
"text": "Audio (Iran)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "šah",
"word": "شه"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"fa:شاه"
],
"word": "شاه"
}
{
"categories": [
"Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters",
"Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"Persian lemmas",
"Persian nouns",
"Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
"Persian terms derived from Old Persian",
"Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
"Persian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tek- (receive)",
"Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
"Persian terms inherited from Old Persian",
"Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
"Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Persian terms with audio links",
"fa:Chess",
"fa:Heads of state",
"fa:Monarchy"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "šâh mât",
"word": "شاه مات"
},
{
"roman": "šâh-doxt",
"word": "شاهدخت"
},
{
"roman": "šâhdozd",
"word": "شاهدزد"
},
{
"roman": "šâhrâh",
"word": "شاهراه"
},
{
"roman": "šâhrud",
"word": "شاهرود"
},
{
"roman": "šâh-rag",
"word": "شاهرگ"
},
{
"roman": "šâh-zâde",
"word": "شاهزاده"
},
{
"roman": "šâhasparam",
"word": "شاهسپرم"
},
{
"roman": "šâh-nâme",
"word": "شاهنامه"
},
{
"roman": "šâhanšâh",
"word": "شاهنشاه"
},
{
"roman": "šâh-kâr",
"word": "شاهکار"
},
{
"roman": "šâh-tut",
"word": "شاهتوت"
},
{
"roman": "šâh-dâmâd",
"word": "شاهداماد"
},
{
"roman": "šâh-dâne",
"word": "شاهدانه"
},
{
"roman": "šâh-tuti",
"word": "شاهطوطی"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "شَاه",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Arabic: شَاه (šāh)\n→ Basque: xake\n→ Czech: šach\n→ Galician: xaque\n→ Portuguese: xeque, xaque\n→ Slovak: šach\n→ Slovene: šah\n→ Spanish: jaque\n→ Vulgar Latin: *scaccus\nItalian: scacco\nOld French: eschec\nFrench: échec\n→ Catalan: xec\n→ Middle Dutch: scaec\nDutch: schaak\n→ Danish: skak\n→ Middle English: chek, chekke\nEnglish: check, cheque (see there for further descendants)\n→ Middle English: ches, chees, chesse, echesse, esches (via the plural eschés)\nEnglish: chess\nScots: chess\n→ Middle High German: schāch\nGerman: Schach (see there for further descendants)\n→ Saterland Frisian: Schak, Schach\n⇒ Medieval Latin: scaccarium (see there for further descendants)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Arabic: شَاه (šāh)\n→ Basque: xake\n→ Czech: šach\n→ Galician: xaque\n→ Portuguese: xeque, xaque\n→ Slovak: šach\n→ Slovene: šah\n→ Spanish: jaque\n→ Vulgar Latin: *scaccus\nItalian: scacco\nOld French: eschec\nFrench: échec\n→ Catalan: xec\n→ Middle Dutch: scaec\nDutch: schaak\n→ Danish: skak\n→ Middle English: chek, chekke\nEnglish: check, cheque (see there for further descendants)\n→ Middle English: ches, chees, chesse, echesse, esches (via the plural eschés)\nEnglish: chess\nScots: chess\n→ Middle High German: schāch\nGerman: Schach (see there for further descendants)\n→ Saterland Frisian: Schak, Schach\n⇒ Medieval Latin: scaccarium (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "az",
"2": "şah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: şah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Azerbaijani: şah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ba",
"2": "шаһ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bashkir: шаһ (şah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bashkir: шаһ (şah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "be",
"2": "шах",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Belarusian: шах (šax)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Belarusian: шах (šax)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "শাহ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: শাহ (śah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: শাহ (śah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bg",
"2": "шах",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bulgarian: шах (šah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bulgarian: шах (šah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "xa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: xa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: xa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "沙阿",
"3": "沙赫",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "shā'ā",
"tr2": "shāhè"
},
"expansion": "→ Chinese: 沙阿 (shā'ā), 沙赫 (shāhè)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Chinese: 沙阿 (shā'ā), 沙赫 (shāhè)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "shah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: shah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: shah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "sjah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: sjah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: sjah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "shah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: shah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: shah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "et",
"2": "šahh",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Estonian: šahh",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Estonian: šahh"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "šakki",
"alts": "1",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: šakki, shakki, sakki",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: šakki, shakki, sakki"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "schah",
"alts": "1",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: schah, chah, shah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: schah, chah, shah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ka",
"2": "შაჰი",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Georgian: შაჰი (šahi)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Georgian: შაჰი (šahi)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "→ Hindustani:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "शाह"
},
"expansion": "Hindi: शाह (śāh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hindi: शाह (śāh)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "شاہ",
"tr": "šāh"
},
"expansion": "Urdu: شاہ (šāh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Urdu: شاہ (šāh)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "sakk",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hungarian: sakk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hungarian: sakk"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "seá",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Irish: seá",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Irish: seá"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "scià",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: scià",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: scià"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "シャー",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "shā"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: シャー (shā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: シャー (shā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kk",
"2": "шаһ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kazakh: шаһ (şah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kazakh: шаһ (şah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "klj",
"2": "şâh",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Khalaj: şâh",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Khalaj: şâh"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "샤",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 샤 (sya)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 샤 (sya)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kum",
"2": "шагь",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kumyk: шагь (şah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kumyk: шагь (şah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ky",
"2": "шах",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kyrgyz: шах (şah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kyrgyz: шах (şah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "šahs",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Latvian: šahs",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Latvian: šahs"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lez",
"2": "шагь",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lezgi: шагь (šah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lezgi: шагь (šah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "šachas",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lithuanian: šachas",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lithuanian: šachas"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mk",
"2": "шах",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Macedonian: шах (šah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Macedonian: шах (šah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "syah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malay: syah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malay: syah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mn",
"2": "шах",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Mongolian: шах (šax)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Mongolian: шах (šax)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "axm",
"2": "շահ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Middle Armenian: շահ (šah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Middle Armenian: շահ (šah)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "շահ"
},
"expansion": "Armenian: շահ (šah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Armenian: շահ (šah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "sjah"
},
"expansion": "sjah",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian: sjah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "skák",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Norse: skák\nFaroese: skák\nIcelandic: skák\nNorwegian Bokmål: sjakk\nNorwegian Nynorsk: sjakk",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Norse: skák\nFaroese: skák\nIcelandic: skák\nNorwegian Bokmål: sjakk\nNorwegian Nynorsk: sjakk"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ota",
"2": "شاه",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "shâh"
},
"expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: شاه (shâh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: شاه (shâh)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "şah"
},
"expansion": "Turkish: şah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Turkish: şah"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "shah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Albanian: shah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Albanian: shah"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "sah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hungarian: sah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hungarian: sah"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "șah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: șah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: șah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ps",
"2": "شاه",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "šāh"
},
"expansion": "→ Pashto: شاه (šāh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Pashto: شاه (šāh)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "szach",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: szach",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: szach"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "xá",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: xá",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: xá"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "borrowed",
"2": "→"
},
"expansion": "→",
"name": "tooltip"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "→",
"name": "→"
}
],
"text": "→ Punjabi:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਸ਼ਾਹ",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਹ (śāh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਹ (śāh)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "شاہ",
"sclb": "1",
"tr": "šāh"
},
"expansion": "Shahmukhi script: شاہ (šāh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Shahmukhi script: شاہ (šāh)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "шах",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: шах (šax)\n→ Armenian: շախ (šax)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: шах (šax)\n→ Armenian: շախ (šax)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "шах",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Cyrillic script: шах",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Cyrillic script: шах"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "šah",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Latin script: šah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Latin script: šah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "sah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: sah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: sah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "shah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: shah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: shah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tt",
"2": "шаһ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tatar: шаһ (şah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tatar: шаһ (şah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "şah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Turkish: şah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Turkish: şah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tk",
"2": "şah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Turkmen: şah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Turkmen: şah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uk",
"2": "шах",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ukrainian: шах (šax)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ukrainian: шах (šax)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ug",
"2": "شاھ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Uyghur: شاھ (shah)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Uyghur: شاھ (shah)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uz",
"2": "shoh",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Uzbek: shoh",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Uzbek: shoh"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vi",
"2": "sa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Vietnamese: sa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Vietnamese: sa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zza",
"2": "şağ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Zazaki: şağ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Zazaki: şağ"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*tek-",
"id": "receive"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "pal",
"3": "𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠",
"sc": "Phli",
"ts": "šāh"
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "peo",
"3": "𐏋",
"4": "",
"5": "king",
"sc": "Xpeo",
"ts": "xšāyaθiya"
},
"expansion": "Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "ira-pro",
"3": "*xšáyati"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian *xšáyati",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "*kšáyati",
"4": "",
"5": "he rules, he has power over"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (“he rules, he has power over”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "क्षयति",
"tr": "kṣáyati"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit क्षयति (kṣáyati)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*tek-",
"4": "",
"5": "to gain power over, gain control over"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to gain power over, gain control over”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”), from Proto-Iranian *xšáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (“he rules, he has power over”) (whence Sanskrit क्षयति (kṣáyati)), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to gain power over, gain control over”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "šâh",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "شاهان",
"roman": "šâhân",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "شاهان",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"f1tr": "šâhân",
"f2tr": "",
"f3tr": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"tr": "šâh",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": ""
},
"expansion": "شاه • (šâh) (plural شاهان (šâhân))",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"pl": "شاهان",
"pltr": "šâhân",
"tr": "šâh"
},
"expansion": "شاه • (šâh) (plural شاهان (šâhân))",
"name": "fa-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"roman": "vazir",
"word": "وزیر"
},
{
"roman": "rox",
"word": "رخ"
},
{
"roman": "qal'e",
"word": "قلعه"
},
{
"roman": "fil",
"word": "فیل"
},
{
"roman": "asb",
"word": "اسب"
},
{
"roman": "piyâde",
"word": "پیاده"
},
{
"roman": "sarbâz",
"word": "سرباز"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"king; shah"
],
"links": [
[
"king",
"king"
],
[
"shah",
"shah"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"fa:Chess"
],
"glosses": [
"king"
],
"links": [
[
"chess",
"chess"
],
[
"king",
"king"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chess) king"
],
"topics": [
"board-games",
"chess",
"games"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Something that is the biggest or the best of its kind."
],
"links": [
[
"biggest",
"biggest"
],
[
"best",
"best"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in compounds) Something that is the biggest or the best of its kind."
],
"tags": [
"in-compounds"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Persian terms with archaic senses",
"Persian terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "10ᵗʰ Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh\nمگر شاه را نزد ماه آوریم / به نزدیک او پایگاه آوریم\nmagar šâh râ nazd-e mâh âvarim / be nazdik-e 'u pâygâh âvarim\n[... We shall not give up] unless we bring the groom (Zāl) before the Moon (metaphor: Rudāba), / and settle him by her side.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"bridegroom, son-in-law, or brother-in-law"
],
"links": [
[
"bridegroom",
"bridegroom"
],
[
"son-in-law",
"son-in-law"
],
[
"brother-in-law",
"brother-in-law"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) bridegroom, son-in-law, or brother-in-law"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "شاهداماد"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ʃɑːh]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃɑːʱ]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃɑːʱ]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃɑː]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃɔː]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃɒːʱ]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃɔʱ]",
"tags": [
"Tajik",
"formal"
]
},
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"tags": [
"Iran"
],
"text": "Audio (Iran)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "šah",
"word": "شه"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"fa:شاه"
],
"word": "شاه"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Persian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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