شاہی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (šāhī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɑː.ɦiː/

Adjective

شاہی • (śāhī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling शाही)

royal, regal, kingly, princely
befitting or worthy of royalty
شاہی انداز ― śāhī andāz ― style befitting royalty

Derived terms

شاہی حکمران
شاہی خاندان

Noun

شاہی • (śāhī) f (Hindi spelling शाही)

rule, reign, regime; -archy, -cracy
نوکر شاہی ― naukar-śāhī ― bureaucracy
a cultivar of litchis, famously grown in Muzaffarpur

Derived terms

حُکْم شاہی (hukm śāhī)
راج شاہی (rāj śāhī)
لوک شاہی (lok śāhī)
نَوکَر شاہی (naukar śāhī)
پِدَر شاہی (pidar śāhī)
گُنڈا شاہی (gunḍā śāhī)

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