different between kaiser vs shah

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kaiser (“emperor”), ultimately from Latin Caesar (“Julius Caesar”).

Noun

kaiser (plural kaisers)

1. Alternative form of Kaiser.
2. A person who exercises or tries to exercise absolute authority; autocrat.

Related terms

• kaiserdom

References

• “kaiser”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “kaiser” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "kaiser" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Anagrams

• Arkies

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Kaiser, cáiser

Noun

kaiser m (plural kaisers)

1. kaiser (emperor or the Holy Roman Empire, German Empire or the Austrian Empire)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Persian ???? (šâh), from Middle Persian ????????????????? (š?h), from Old Persian ???? (XŠ /xš?ya?iya/). Doublet of check. More at chess.

Alternative forms

• schah (archaic)
• šâh, š?h, sh?h, s?h??h (all rare)

Noun

shah (plural shahs)

1. A king of Persia or Iran.
2. A supreme ruler in some Middle Eastern or South Asian nations.

Usage notes

The wife of the last shah of Iran used the title shahbanu, which was translated as empress into English.

Derived terms

• shahdom

Related terms

• shahanshah
• shahi
• Shahmukhi

Translations

Etymology 2

From Ukrainian ??? (šah).

Noun

shah (plural shahs or shahy or shahiv)

1. (historical) A Ukrainian monetary unit.

Translations

Anagrams

• Hash, ahhs, hahs, hash

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (shâh), from Persian ???? (shâh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?a]

Noun

shah m

1. chess

French

Etymology

From Persian

Noun

shah m (plural shahs)

1. Alternative spelling of schah

Further reading

• “shah” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

South Slavey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ah/

Noun

shah

1. Fort Liard form of sah

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, ?ISBN, page 37

Swedish

Etymology

From Persian ???? (š?h), from Middle Persian ????????????????? (š?h), from Old Persian ???? (xš?ya?iya).

Noun

shah c

1. a shah; a king of Persia

Declension

Related terms

• schack