شہنشاہ

• شَاہَنْشاہ (śāhanśāh), شاہان شاہ (śāhān śāh)

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهَنْشَاه (šahanšāh) or شَاهَنْشَاه (šāhanšāh, “king of kings”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ɦən.ʃɑːɦ/, [ʃɛ.ɦɛn.ʃɑːʱ],

شہنشاہ • (śahanśāh) m (Hindi spelling शहंशाह)

1. shahanshah; king of kings
2. emperor

   Synonym: سَمْراٹ (samrāṭ) (rare)

   Synonyms: سَمْراج (samrāj), بادْشاہ (bādśāh), سُلْطان (sultān), پادْشاہ (pādśāh), قَیصَر (qaisar)

• شَہَنْشاہی (śahanśāhī, “imperial”)
• شَہَنْشاہِ کَونَین (śahanśāh-i kaunain, “Prophet Muhammad”, literally “king of kings of the world”)
• شَہَنشاہِ فَلَک (śahanśāh-i falak, “sun”, literally “king of kings of the sky”)
• شَہَنْشاہِ خاوَر (śahanśāh-i xāvar, “sun”, literally “king of kings of the east”)
• شَہَنْشاہِیَت (śahanśāhiyat, “imperialism”)

• “شہنشاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شہنشاہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “شہنشاہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “شہنشاہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.