Dictionary Entry

pacha

A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.

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Common Phrases

. pachamama pachapacha alipacha ibrahimpacha capitanpacha nawpapacha captainpacha omar

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Poetry examples for “pacha”

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"Pacha! to hear is to obey."--
No more must slave to despot say--

"Son of a slave"--the Pacha said--
"From unbelieving mother bred,

But yet he saw nor sea nor strand,
Nor even his Pacha's turbaned band
Mix in the game of mimic slaughter,

Oct. 20. Reception by Ali Pacha. (Stanzas lxii.-lxiv.)

Why wilt thou urge me to conceal?[gb]
I know the Pacha's haughty mood
To thee hath never boded good; 440