pasha

/ˈpæʃə/US/ˈpɑʃə/

pasha noun: a high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.

Noun (1)

pasha (plural pashas)

(historical) A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.
The Indian butterfly Herona marathus, family Nymphalidae.

Noun (2) capitalized: Pasha

Pasha

(historical) A high rank in the Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitaries, and others.

Proper noun capitalized: Pasha

Pasha (plural Pashas)

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

pasha meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

pasha in Tamil

பாஷா, உயர்தரத் துருக்கிய அதிகாரி, துருக்கிய படைத்தலைவர், துருக்கி மாகாண ஆளுநர்

pasha in Urdu

title: پاشا pāśā

More languagesFewer languages

pasha in Bengali: পাশা paśa
pasha in Telugu: పాషా, పషా
pasha in Malayalam: പാഷാ
pasha in Kannada: ಪಾಶಾ, ಪಾಷಾ
pasha in Punjabi: ਪਸ਼ਾ
pasha in Gujarati: પાશા pāśā
pasha in Nepali: पाशा, पशा
pasha in Pashto: پاچا pāčā
pasha in Arabic: بَاشَا bāšā
pasha in Malay: pasha
pasha in Indonesian: pasha
pasha in Thai: ปาชา

Forms of pasha

Noun
plural	pashas
alternative form	pascha
alternative form	bashaw
alternative form	bassa
Proper noun
plural	Pashas

Plural of pasha: pashas

Origin of pasha

From Ottoman Turkish پاشا (pāšā) (Turkish paşa); this either from Persian پادشاه (pâdšâh, “padishah, king”), or from Ottoman Turkish باش (baş, “head”), or from Ottoman Turkish بچه (beççe, “male offspring”), this in turn from Persian بچّه (bačče). Ottoman Turkish باش (baş, “head”) + آغا (ağa, “master”) has also been proposed as etymon.

* 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.

Words formed from pasha

Questions about pasha

What does pasha mean?: Pasha means a high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.
What is pasha in Hindi?: Pasha in Hindi is पाशा (pāśā). See Pasha meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pasha?: Pasha can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pasha?: Pasha is pronounced /ˈpæʃə/ (UK).
What is the plural of pasha?: The plural of pasha is pashas.

Words near pasha in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: pasha (page history and authors); Pasha (page history and authors); pasha (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pasha (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pasha (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pasha (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pasha (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); પાશા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); pasha (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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