شاہی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَاهِی (šāhī).

Pronunciation

Adjective

شاہی • (śāhī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling शाही)

  1. royal, regal, kingly, princely
  2. befitting or worthy of royalty
    شَاہِی اَنْدَاز ― śāhī andāz ― style befitting royalty

Derived terms

  • شَاہِی حُکْمْرَان (śāhī hukmrān)
  • شَاہِی خَانْدَان (śāhī xāndān)

Noun

شاہی • (śāhī) f (Hindi spelling शाही)

  1. rule, reign, regime; -archy, -cracy
    نَوکَر شَاہِی ― naukar śāhī ― bureaucracy
  2. a cultivar of litchis, famously grown in Muzaffarpur

Derived terms

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