‖ shahzadah
(ʃɑːˈzɑːdə)
Forms: 7 shawh-zawdeh, 9 shahzadeh, shazada, shah zadeh, shahzada, 8– shahzadah.
[Pers. shāhzādah, f. shah + zādah son.]
The son of the shah; a king's son.
| 1662 Phillips (ed. 2), Shawh-zawdeh, the Grand-Signior's son; the word signifieth in Persian tongue, a King's son. 1800 Wellington in Suppl. Desp. (1858) I. 461 You have heard of the conspiracy here [Seringapatam] to..carry off the Shah-zadahs. 1817 Jas. Mill Brit. India II. iv. v. 172 The Shazada (such was the title by which the eldest son of the Mogul was then distinguished in Bengal). 1840 J. B. Fraser Trav. Koordistan, etc. I. iii. 56 Thus, however, the Beglerbeggee becomes regarded nearly in the light and rank of a Shah Zadeh, and maintains the state of one. 1859 Hodson's Twelve Yrs. India 310 note, The three Princes [footn. called Shahzadahs]..were in a tomb six miles off. |