padishah

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  1. Great king; emperor: a title given by the Turks to the Sultan, and by extension to various European monarchs.

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  1. Persian (later Turkish) pādishāh, from pād, protector, master (Sanskrit pati, master: see despot), + shāh, king: see shah.
 

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