بادشاہ
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بادشاه (bādšāh), variant of Classical Persian پادشاه (pādišāh, pādšāh). Doublet of پاتشاہ (pātśāh). Compare Urdu بادشاہ.
Noun
بادشاہ • (bādśāh) ? (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਾਦਸ਼ਾਹ)
Synonyms
- راجا (rājā)
Derived terms
- بادشاہی (bādśāhī, “royal”, adjective)
Related terms
See also
| Chess pieces in Punjabi · شَطْرَن٘ج دے مُہرے (śat̤raṉj de muhre) (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| راجا (rājā) بادْشاہ (bādśāh) |
وَزِیر (vazīr) راݨی (rāṇī) |
ہاتھی (hāthī) رُخ (rux) |
فِیلا (fīlā) فَرْضی (farẓī) |
گھوڑا (ghoṛā) | پیادَہ (peyādah) |
Further reading
- “بادشاہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بادشاه (bādšāh), variant of Classical Persian پادشاه (pādišāh). Compare Maithili बादसाह (bādᵊsāh) / 𑒥𑒰𑒠𑒮𑒰𑒯 (bādasāha), Punjabi ਬਾਦਸ਼ਾਹ (bādśāh) / بادْشاہ (bādśāh), Sindhi بادشاهُ / बादशाहु, Gujarati બાદશાહ (bādśāh), Marathi बादशहा (bādaśhā), Bengali বাদশাহ (badośah), Telugu పాదుషా (pāduṣā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bɑːd̪.ʃɑːɦ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːɦ
Noun
بَادْشَاہ • (bādśāh) m (feminine مَلِکَہ (malika), Hindi spelling बादशाह)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh) | بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh) |
| oblique | بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh) | بَادْشَاہوں (bādśāhõ) |
| vocative | بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh) | بَادْشَاہو (bādśāho) |
Derived terms
- بَادْشَاہِی (bādśāhī)
- بَادْشَاہَت (bādśāhat)
See also
| Chess pieces in Urdu · مہرے کے شطرنج (śatranj ke muhre) (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh) | وَزِیر (vazīr) | رُخ (rux) | فِیلَہ (fīla) | گھوڑا (ghoṛā) | پِیَادَہ (piyāda) |
| Playing cards in Urdu · تاش (tāś) (layout · text) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| اِکّا (ikkā) | دُکّا (dukkā) | تِکّا (tikkā) | چَوکا (caukā) | پَن٘جا (pañjā) | چَھکّا (chakkā) | سَتّا (sattā) |
| اَٹّھا (aṭṭhā) | نَہْلا (nahlā) | دَہْلا (dahlā) | غُلام (ġulām) | بیگَم (begam) | بادْشاہ (bādśāh) | جوکَر (jokar) |
References
- “بادشاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بادشاه”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- “بادشاہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.