پادشاهی

Persian

Etymology

From (pâdešâh) +‎ (-i, suffix forming abstract nouns).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /paː.di.ʃaː.ˈhiː/, /paːd.ʃaː.ˈhiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑː.d̪ɪ.ʃɑː.ɦíː], [pʰɑːd̪.ʃɑː.ɦíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑː.d̪ɪ.ʃɑː.jíː], [pʰɑːd̪.ʃɑː.jíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔː.d̪i.ʃɔː.jí], [pʰɔːd̪.ʃɔː.jí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒː.d̪e.ʃɒː.ɦíː], [pʰɒːd̪.ʃɒː.ɦíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɔ.d̪i.ʃɔ.ɦí], [pʰɔd̪.ʃɔ.ɦí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	pādišāhī, pādšāhī
Dari reading^?	pādišāhī, pādšāhī
Iranian reading^?	pâdešâhi, pâdšâhi
Tajik reading^?	podišohi, podšohi

Noun


Iranian Persian	پادشاهی
Dari	پادشاهی
Tajik	подишоҳӣ, подшоҳӣ

پادِشاهی or پادْشاهی • (pâdešâhi or pâdšâhi)

kingdom
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 211:
  نمی‌خواهم سلیمی پادشاهی بندهٔ یارم
  که من شاهنشهی از بندگی خویشتن دارم
  na-mē-xwāham salīmī pādišāhī banda-yi yāram
  ki man šāhinšahī az bandagī-yi xwēštan dāram
  I, Selim, do not want the kingdom; I am the beloved's servant,
  For I have an empire out of my own servitude.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
reign

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “پادشاهی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim