پادشاهی

Persian

Etymology

From پادِشاه (pâdešâh) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pɑː.ði.ʃɑː.ˈhiː], [pɑːð.ʃɑː.ˈhiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑː.d̪ɪ.ʃɑː.ɦíː], [pʰɑːd̪.ʃɑː.ɦíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑː.d̪ɪ.ʃɑː.ɦíː], [pʰɑːd̪.ʃɑː.ɦíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑː.d̪ɪ.ʃɑː.jíː], [pʰɑːd̪.ʃɑː.jíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔː.d̪i.ʃɔː.jí], [pʰɔːd̪.ʃɔː.jí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒː.d̪e.ʃɒː.ɦíː], [pʰɒːd̪.ʃɒː.ɦíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɔ.d̪i.ʃɔ.ɦí], [pʰɔd̪.ʃɔ.ɦí]

Readings
Classical reading?	pāḏišāhī, pāḏšāhī
Dari reading?	pādišāhī, pādšāhī
Iranian reading?	pâdešâhi, pâdšâhi
Tajik reading?	podišohi, podšohi

Noun

Dari	پادشاهی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	подишоҳӣ, подшоҳӣ

پادِشاهی or پادْشاهی • (pâdešâhi or pâdšâhi)

1. kingdom
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 211:

     نمی‌خواهم سلیمی پادشاهی بندهٔ یارم
     که من شاهنشهی از بندگی خویشتن دارم

     na-mē-xwāham salīmī pādišāhī banda-yi yāram
     ki man šāhinšahī az bandagī-yi xwēštan dāram

     I, Selim, do not want the kingdom; I am the beloved's servant,
     For I have an empire out of my own servitude.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. reign

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “پادشاهی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim