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Pasha

nounproper nounattested in dialogue

A surname.

noun

  1. 1

    historicalA high rank in the Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitaries, and others.

Etymology

* As an Islamic surname (generally the Indian subcontinent), honorific title from Turkish paşa. This is also found in Albania, Turkey and Slavic countries. Compare Basha, Bey. * As an English surname, variant of Pasher, itself Anglicized from French Perchard, a suffixed form of Old French perche (“pole”), from Latin pertica.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname.

  2. 2

    A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian male given name diminutive Па́ша (Páša).

Forms

plural
Pashas
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