तानाशाह

Hindi

Etymology

Compound of ताना (tānā, “taunting”) +‎ शाह (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.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /t̪ɑː.nɑː.ʃɑːɦ/, [t̪äː.näː.ʃäːʱ]

Noun

तानाशाह • (tānāśāh) m (Urdu spelling تاناشاہ)

  1. dictator
    Synonym: अधिनायक (adhināyak)
    Antonym: लोकशाह (lokśāh)

Declension

Declension of तानाशाह (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct तानाशाह
tānāśāh 		तानाशाह
tānāśāh
oblique तानाशाह
tānāśāh 		तानाशाहों
tānāśāhõ
vocative तानाशाह
tānāśāh 		तानाशाहो
tānāśāho

Derived terms

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