Shah (surname)
The word descends from Old Persian Xšâyathiya "king", which (for reasons of historical phonology) must be a borrowing from Median,and is derived from the same root as Avestan xšaΘra-, "power" and "command", corresponding to Sanskrit (Old Indic) kṣatra- (same meaning), from which kṣatriya-, "warrior", is derived. Its variants include "Sah", "Shaha", "Sahu", "Sah", "Shaw" or "Shav".
"Shah" in Western culture was popularized by the title of the former Persian King.
The surname like various other Indian surnames was also adopted by various other people.The Shah surname is adopted by the trade communities (The Banias/ Vanias) in Rajasthan and Gujarat states. It is second most common surname of Gujarat.
Shah, a different last name, derived from the Persian word "Shah", is a surname found among the Iranian peoples of Central Asia, Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan
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