Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: sub-ah
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A province of the Mughal Empire.

Indian usage

noun

Synonym of subadar (“the governor or commander in charge of a subah; a viceroy”).

Indian usage

Example Sentences

"Hindostan was then parcelled out into twelve grand divisions, called soobahs, to each of which a viceroy was assigned, by the title of Soobahdar, corruptly written Soobah by European writers; for, soobah signifies province: many of these soobahs were in extent equal to large European kingdoms."
"Upon this, Mirzapha Jung immediately assumed the subah, and nominated Chunda Saheb governor of the Carnatic."

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu صوبہ (sūbā, “province”).

Usage

Indian usage

Inflected Forms

subahs (plural) soobah (alternative) soubah (alternative)

Derived Forms

subahship

Synonyms

subadar

Questions

What does subah mean?: A province of the Mughal Empire.
Where does subah come from?: Borrowed from Urdu صوبہ (sūbā, “province”).

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