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Definition of shah noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shah

noun

/ʃɑː/

/ʃɑː/

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the title of the kings of Iran in the past
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Persian šāh, from Old Persian k̲šāyat̲iya ‘king’.

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