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pa⋅cha

  [pah-shuh, pash-uh, puh-shah]
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–noun
pasha.
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pa⋅sha

  [pah-shuh, pash-uh, puh-shah, -shaw]
–noun
a title, placed after the name, formerly held by high officials in countries under Turkish rule.
Also, pacha.

Origin:
1640–50; < Turk paşa; see bashaw

Related forms:
pa⋅sha⋅dom, noun
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pa·cha   (pä'shə, pāsh'ə, pə-shä')   
n.  Variant of pasha.
pa·sha also pa·cha   (pä'shə, pāsh'ə, pə-shä')   
n.  Used formerly as a title for military and civil officers, especially in Turkey and northern Africa.

[Turkish paşa, from Persian pādshāh; see Padishah.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

pasha 
Turk. honorary title formerly given to officers of high rank, 1646, from Turk. pasha, earlier basha, from bash "head, chief" (no clear distinction between -b- and -p- in Turk.), Earlier in Eng. as bashaw (1534).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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