Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·persian ·1560s
Shah
from شاه (shāh)
- Meaning
- King — the Persian royal title.
- Source word
- شاه (shāh)
- Route into English
- Persian → English via 16th-c. travel writing. The "Shah" of Iran (1925–1979) kept the word in journalistic vocabulary.
- Arrived
- 1560s
English borrows.
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