PASHA

PRONUNCIATION:
(PA-shuh, PASH-uh, puh-SHAH)

MEANING:
noun: A person of high rank or importance.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Turkish pasa, from Persian padshah, from pati (master) + shah (king). Pasha was used as a title of high-ranking officials in the Ottoman Empire. Earliest documented use: 1648.
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HASHA - peppery Italian leftovers that make you sneeze

RASHA - former member of the former USSR

PEASHA - an athletic vegetable. (The PEASHA throws the ball the the KASHA.)