Pasha

Word PASHA
Character 5
Hyphenation pa sha
Pronunciations /ˈpæʃə/

Definitions and meanings of "Pasha"

What do we mean by pasha?

Used formerly as a title for military and civil officers, especially in Turkey and northern Africa. noun

A title of rank in Turkey, placed after the name. noun

An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier form was bashaw. noun

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

A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt noun

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.

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The word "pasha" in example sentences

The pasha was a small, spare, dark little man, with his black beard clipped as close as scissors could do it. ❋ Various (N/A)

The pasha was a brave and energetic man of iron will, a great soldier and an expert architect. ❋ Henry Baerlein (1917)

As the affair went on with much detail of correspondence between the konak and the consulate for some weeks, it had attracted the general attention of our little public, and the final defeat of the pasha was a mortification to him which he made every effort to conceal. ❋ Stillman, William James, 1828-1901 (1901)

It turns out that the pasha is a beautiful woman, the slave of his mysterious lady-love, and she promises him speedy fulfilment of his wishes. ❋ Gustav Karpeles (1878)

As Mr. Connelly observes, the dispensers of population-control grants often enjoyed a kind of pasha existence. ❋ Martin Morse Wooster (2008)

Determined to place a friend on the Libyan throne, Eaton led a former Libyan pasha—Hamet, who had been deposed and exiled by his younger brother Karamanli—plus nine Marines and 400 mercenaries on a sun-baked, two-month march of 500 miles from Egypt to Darnah, then Libya's second-largest city. ❋ Stephen J. Marmon (2011)

He can't have his dictatorship of the proletariat while his daughters and wife live as pasha divas. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We would come home to find her reclining like a pasha, surrounded by relatives from Bint Jbeil, headscarved old hajjis and tiny old men who sat stiffly in straight-backed chairs pulled up around her as she regaled them with tales of The Operation. ❋ Annia Ciezadlo (2011)

Aysal says she imagines the pasha time-traveling to see his former home -- and being delighted to find it full of visitors. ❋ Forbes Life Staff (2010)

Posted October 4, 2009 at 2: 15 am | Permalink very nice! very modern and clean lines! pasha ❋ Unknown (2009)

The spa rooms, and it seems more honest to describe them as spa rooms in the spirit of a Turkish bath than as anything else, were like a fantasy of what a pasha would build. ❋ Akhil Sharma (2010)

They imagine themselves as a Turkish pasha, a Saudi Prince or the Amir of Buchara, with dozens of nubile beauties vying for their favors, watching from the balcony the naked wifes bathing in the pool and dropping the handkerchief near the one chosen for the night. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On a random night, Elaine would be there, a grand pasha. ❋ Regina Weinreich (2010)

The once-chic department store, which still stands in downtown Cairo like a fallen diva, started off as Cairo's answer to Harrods, and was frequented by the city's large European population and the moneyed Egyptian elite, including the semi-feudal land-owning pasha class. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Taking over, Sam–or Mr. Sam, as he was now called by his employees and associates–concentrated on expanding the business in the United States and treating himself like a pasha. ❋ Fred Goodman (2010)

He was the commander of the halberdiers in the position of pasha, the equivalent of a general. ❋ Richard Doetsch (2010)

Mitchell bought a brand spanking new bright yellow Volkswagen convertible and was driving around town in it with the top down, with Rosemary sitting right next to him like a new-born pasha. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Then, with a grunt of satisfaction, he flung himself backward in an overtly male pose on her snowy duvet, his hands stacked beneath his head against the pile of pillows, looking for all the world like some pasha of old. ❋ Cherry Adair (2010)

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