English
- Shahanshah, Shāhanshāh, Shahan Shah
- Shahinshah, Shah-in-Shah
- Shahenshah, Shah en Shah
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شَاهَنْشَاه (šāhanšāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾn mlkʾ /šāhān šāh/, “king of kings”), which see for more.
Noun
shahanshah (plural shahanshahs)
- (historical) King of kings; a title given to the rulers of ancient Persia and sometimes of Armenia.
Translations
title of the rulers of ancient Persia: “king of kings”
— see also king of kings
- Akkadian: 𒈗𒊭𒈗𒈨𒌍
- Arabic: شَاهَنْشَاه (šāhanšāh), مَلِك الْمُلُوك m (malik al-mulūk)
- Armenian: շահնշահ (hy) (šahnšah)
- Middle Armenian: շահնշահ (šahnšah)
- Old Armenian: շահանշահ (šahanšah)
- Azerbaijani: şahənşah
- Arabic: شاهنشاه
- Bactrian: ϸαονανο ϸαο (šaonano šao)
- Bengali: শাহেনশাহ (śahenośah)
- German: Schahinschah m, Schahanschah m
- Hindi: शहंशाह (hi) m (śahañśāh), शाहंशाह (hi) m (śāhañśāh), शहनशाह m (śahanśāh)
- Indonesian: raja segala raja
- Kazakh: шаһиншаһ (şahinşah)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: şahanşah
- Latin: saansaan (in Ammianus Marcellinus)
- Marathi: शहंशाह m (śahauśāh)
- Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāhān šāh)
- Ottoman Turkish: شاهنشاه (şâhenşâh), شاهنشه (şâhenşeh), شهنشاه (şehenşâh), شهنشه (şehenşeh)
- Parthian: 𐭌𐭋𐭊𐭉𐭍 𐭌𐭋𐭊𐭀 (šāhīn šāh)
- Pashto: شهنشاه m (šahenšāh)
- Persian:
- Classical Persian: شَاهَنْشَاه (šāhanšāh)
- Iranian Persian: شاهَنْشاه (šâhanšâh)
- Polish: szachinszach (pl) m pers
- Punjabi: ਸ਼ਹਿਨਸ਼ਾਹ m (śahinśāh)
- Russian: шахинша́х (ru) m (šaxinšáx), шаханша́х m (šaxanšáx), «царь царе́й» m («carʹ caréj»)
- Tajik: шоҳаншоҳ (šohanšoh)
- Turkish: şehinşah (tr)
- Urdu: شَہَنْشاہ m (śahanśāh)
- Uyghur: شاھىنشاھ (shahinshah)
- Uzbek: shahanshoh (uz)
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