Unnumbered source etymology
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA surname from Persian or Gujarati.
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Persian شاه (“shah, king”), a Persian surname which is widespread in Iran and in the subcontinent. * Borrowed from Gujarati સાહ (sāh, “merchant”), an occupational surname from Sanskrit साधु (sādhu, “merchant; jeweller; money-lender”).
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