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mikado
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ?? (mikado), from ? (mi, “honorable”) + ? (kado, “gate, portal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??k??d??/
- Rhymes: -??d??
Noun
mikado (plural mikados)
- (historical) A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
- (literary) any emperor of Japan
- Synonym: tenno
- a game of skill, in which identically shaped (but differently colored and valued) wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining stack
- Synonym: pick-up sticks
- a fabric having a stiff twill weave
Quotations
- 1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado
- Our great Mikado, virtuous man,
- When he to rule our land began,
- Resolved to try a plan whereby
- Young men might best be steadied.
Related terms
- Chrysanthemum Throne
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ??.
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /?mi.ka??do?/
- Hyphenation: mi?ka?do
Noun
mikado m (plural mikado's, diminutive mikadootje n)
- mikado, pick-up sticks (game of skill)
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /?mi?ka?.do?/
- Hyphenation: mi?ka?do
Noun
mikado m (plural mikado's, diminutive mikadootje n)
- (historical) mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
- (literary) any emperor of Japan
Esperanto
Etymology
From Japanese ??? (mikado).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi?kado/
- Hyphenation: mi?ka?do
- Rhymes: -ado
Noun
mikado (accusative singular mikadon, plural mikadoj, accusative plural mikadojn)
- mikado
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ?? (mikado), from ? (mi, “honorable”) + ? (kado, “gate, portal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.ka.do/
Noun
mikado m (plural mikados)
- (historical) mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
- (literary) any emperor of Japan
- mikado (game of skill)
Further reading
- “mikado” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Japanese
Romanization
mikado
- R?maji transcription of ???
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi?kado/, [mi?ka.ð?o]
Noun
mikado m (plural mikados)
- mikado
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shah
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)
- A king of Persia or Iran.
- 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)
- (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
- chess
French
Etymology
From Persian
Noun
shah m (plural shahs)
- 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
- 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
- a shah; a king of Persia
Declension
Related terms
- schack
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