Shah

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Surname SHAH

SOURCE: Nickname

USAGE: Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi

OTHER SCRIPTS: शाह (Marathi, Hindi), شاہ (Urdu, Shahmukhi), શાહ (Gujarati), শাহ (Bengali), ਸ਼ਾਹ (Gurmukhi)

CONTRIBUTOR: highexpectasians on 8/7/2016

LAST EDITOR: highexpectasians on 9/15/2017   [revision history]

Meaning & History

Derived from Sanskrit साधु (sādhú) meaning "gentleman, virtuous man". Not to be confused with the Persian surname Shah.

  

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Surname SHAH

SOURCE: Occupation

USAGE: Persian, Afghani

OTHER SCRIPTS: شاه (Persian)

CONTRIBUTOR: highexpectasians on 8/7/2016

LAST EDITOR: highexpectasians on 9/15/2017   [revision history]

Meaning & History

From the Persian word شاه (šâh) meaning "king, monarch", referring to a title used by Iranian monarchs.