بادشاہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بادشاه (bādšāh), from Arabic بَادْشَاه (bādšāh), from Classical Persian پادشاه (pādišāh). Compare Maithili बादसाह (bādᵊsāh) / 𑒥𑒰𑒠𑒮𑒰𑒯 (bādasāha), Punjabi ਬਾਦਸ਼ਾਹ (bādśāh) / بادْشاہ (bādśāh), Sindhi بادشاهُ / बादशाहु, Gujarati બાદશાહ (bādśāh), Marathi बादशहा (bādaśhā), Bengali বাদশাহ (badośah), Telugu పాదుషా (pāduṣā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑːd̪.ʃɑːɦ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɦ

Noun

بَادْشَاہ • (bādśāh) m (feminine مَلِکَہ (malika), Hindi spelling बादशाह)

1. king, monarch

   Synonyms: شاہ (śāh), راجا (rājā)

2. Badshah, Padishah
3. (chess, card games) king

   Synonym: شاہ (śāh)

Declension

Declension of بادشاہ
	singular	plural
direct	بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh)	بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh)
oblique	بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh)	بَادْشَاہوں (bādśāhō̃)
vocative	بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh)	بَادْشَاہو (bādśāhō)

Derived terms

• بَادْشَاہِی (bādśāhī)
• بَادْشَاہَت (bādśāhat)

See also

Chess pieces in Urdu · مہرے کے شطرنج (śatranj ke muhre) (layout · text)
بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh)	وَزِیر (vazīr)	رُخ (rux)	فِیلَہ (fīla)	گھوڑا (ghoṛā)	پِیَادَہ (piyāda)

Playing cards in Urdu · تاش (tāś) (layout · text)
اِکّا (ikkā)	دُکّا (dukkā)	تِکّا (tikkā)	چَوکا (caukā)	پَن٘جا (pañjā)	چَھکّا (chakkā)	سَتّا (sattā)
اَٹّھا (aṭṭhā)	نَہْلا (nahlā)	دَہْلا (dahlā)	غُلام (ġulām)	بیگَم (begam)	بادْشاہ (bādśāh)	جوکَر (jokar)

References

• “بادشاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بادشاه”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “بادشاہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.