𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠

Middle Persian

noun

Definitions

king of kings, shahanshah

Etymology

Inherited from Old Persian 𐏋 𐏐 𐏋𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 (king of kings).

Origin

Old Persian

𐏋 𐏐 𐏋𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶

Gloss

king of kings

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

shahanshah English
shahdom English
Schahinschah German
Κτήσιππος Ancient Greek
Φιλοκτήτης Ancient Greek
κτάομαι Ancient Greek
κτέανον Ancient Greek
κτέαρ Ancient Greek
κτητικός Ancient Greek
κτῆμα Ancient Greek
κτῆνος Ancient Greek
κτῆσις Ancient Greek
σατράπης Ancient Greek
τέκτων Ancient Greek
Ἐπίκτητος Ancient Greek
*tek- Proto-Indo-European
*tk-éh₂- Proto-Indo-European
*þigjaną Proto-Germanic
क्षत्रिय Sanskrit
شاهنشاه Arabic
शहंशाह Hindi
շահնշահ Armenian
شاهنشاه Persian
թեզան Old Armenian
թեքեմ Old Armenian
*kšatrám Proto-Indo-Iranian
*kšatríyas Proto-Indo-Iranian
*kšáyati Proto-Indo-Iranian
شہنشاہ Urdu
շահնշահ Middle Armenian
𐏋 Old Persian
𐏋 𐏐 𐏋𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 Old Persian
*satellus Old Latin
شاهنشاه fa-cls
*xšaθrapāwan- xme-old