Badshah

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Padishah. alt-of, alternative

    "[…] it is rumoured by the people, was accidentally discovered in a spot in this neighbourhood by a Fakir, who in person reported the circumstance to the Badshah of Chitral; the latter was then conducted to the spot […]"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Padishah. alt-of, alternative

Example

More examples

"[…] it is rumoured by the people, was accidentally discovered in a spot in this neighbourhood by a Fakir, who in person reported the circumstance to the Badshah of Chitral; the latter was then conducted to the spot […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بادشاه (bādšāh) via Hindustani बादशाह/بادشاہ (bādśāh).

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