شاه

See also: شاہ‎, ساہ‎, and شاة‎

Arabic

Etymology

Noun

شَاه • (šāh) m

shah
(chess) king
شاه مات‎ (šāh māt) — checkmate

Declension

Declension of noun شَاه (šāh)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَاه šāh	الشَّاه‎ aš-šāh	شَاه šāh
Nominative	شَاهٌ šāhun	الشَّاهُ‎ aš-šāhu	شَاهُ šāhu
Accusative	شَاهًا‎ šāhan	الشَّاهَ‎ aš-šāha	شَاهَ šāha
Genitive	شَاهٍ šāhin	الشَّاهِ‎ aš-šāhi	شَاهِ šāhi

Synonyms

ملك‎ (in chess)

See also

Chess pieces in Arabic · (layout · text)

شَاه (šāh)	وَزِير‎ (wazīr)	رُخّ‎ (ruḵḵ)	فِيل‎ (fīl)	حِصَان‎ (ḥiṣān)	بَيْدَق‎ (baydaq) – جُنْدِيّ‎ (jundiyy)

Persian

Alternative forms

شه‎ (šah)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠‎ (šāh) from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɒːh/

Noun

Dari Persian	شاه‎
Iranian Persian	شاه‎
Tajiki Persian	шоҳ (šoh)

شاه • (šâh) (plural شاهان‎ (šâhân))

king; shah
(chess) king
(in compounds) Something that is the biggest or the best of its kind.

Derived terms

Terms derived from

شاهدخت‎ (šâh-doxt)
شاهدزد‎ (šâhdozd)
شاهراه‎ (šâhrâh)
شاهرود‎ (šâhrud)
شاهرگ‎ (šâh-rag)

شاهزاده‎ (šâh-zâde)
شاهسپرم‎ (šâhasparam)
شاه مات‎ (šâh mât)
شاهنامه‎ (šâh-nâme)
شاهنشاه‎ (šâhanšâh)

شاهکار‎ (šâh-kâr)
شاه‌توت‎ (šâh-tut)
شاه‌دانه‎ (šâh-dâneh)
شاه‌طوطی‎ (šâh-tuti)

See also

Chess pieces in Persian · مهره‌های شطرنج‎ (mohre-hâye šatranj) (layout · text)

شاه (šâh)	وزیر‎ (vazir)	رخ‎ (rox), قلعه‎ (qal'e)	فیل‎ (fil)	اسب‎ (asb)	پیاده‎ (piyâde), سرباز‎ (sarbâz)

Descendants

Arabic: شَاه‎ (šāh)
English: shah
French: chah, schah, shah
Hindi: शाह (śāh)
Middle Armenian: շահ (šah)
Polish: szach

Romanian: șah
Slovak: šach
Tajik: шоҳ (šoh)
Turkish: şah
Urdu: شاہ‎ (šāh)

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