Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• (Book Pahlavi, rare) šʾhʾn' šʾh ‎(šāhān šāh)
• (Pazend) 𐬱𐬁𐬵𐬀𐬥𐬱𐬁𐬵 ‎(šāhanšāh)

Noun

𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 • ‎(šāhān šāh [MLKAn MLKA])

1. king of kings, shahanshah

Descendants

• Persian: شاهنشاه ‎(šâhanšâh), شاهنشه ‎(šâhanšah), شهنشاه ‎(šahanšâh), شهنشه ‎(šahanšah), شاهانشاه ‎(šâhânšâh)
  • → Azeri: şahənşah / شاهنشاه
  • → English: shahanshah
  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: शहंशाह ‎(šahanšāh)
    • Urdu: شہنشاہ ‎(šahanšāh)
  • → Middle Armenian: շահնշահ ‎(šahnšah)
    • Armenian: շահնշահ ‎(šahnšah)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: شاهنشاه ‎(şâhenşâh), شاهنشه ‎(şâhenşeh), شهنشاه ‎(şehenşâh), شهنشه ‎(şehenşeh)
    • Turkish: şehinşah
• → Old Armenian: շահանշահ ‎(šahanšah)

References

• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 207–208
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “շահանշահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 482ab