تاناشاہ

• طَعْنَہ شاہ (ta'na śāh)

Compound of طَعْنَہ (ta'na, “taunting”) +‎ شاہ (śāh, “king, ruler”).

Coincidentially, also coined after Abu'l Hasan 'Tana Shah' the genial benevolent ruler of the 17th century Deccan kingdom of Golconda, wrongly portrayed as a vile and perverted despot in contemporary chronicles.

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.nɑː.ʃɑːɦ/

تاناشاہ • (tānāśāh) m (Hindi spelling तानाशाह)

1. despot
2. dictator

   Synonym: آمر (āmir)

3. tyrant

   Synonym: ظالم (zālim)

• تانا شاہی (tānā śāhī, “dictatorship”)