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Scheherazade

/ʃəˌhɛɹəˈzɑːd(ə)/US/ʃəˈhɛɹəzɑd/

Scheherazade proper noun: a female given name from Persian.

Proper noun

Scheherazade

  1. A female given name from Persian.
  2. A fictional character, the wife and storyteller of the king Shahryar in One Thousand and One Nights.

Scheherazade meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Tagalog

Scheherazade in Hindi

female given name
शहरज़ाद śaharzād

Scheherazade in Urdu

female given name
شَہْر زاد śahr zād, شَہْرْزاد śahrzād

Scheherazade in Punjabi

female given name
ਸ਼ਹਿਰਜ਼ਾਦ śahirzād, ਸ਼ਹਰਜ਼ਾਦ śahrazād

Scheherazade in Tagalog

female given name
Sharazad, Shahrazad
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Scheherazade in Arabic
شَهْرَزَاد šahrazād
Scheherazade in Malay
Scheherazad, Shahrazada
Scheherazade in Indonesian
Scheherezade, Sheherazade, Shahrazad

Forms of Scheherazade

alternative formScheherezade
alternative formShahrazad
alternative formShahrzad
alternative formSheherazade

Origin of Scheherazade

Borrowed from German Scheherazade, from Russian Шехераза́да (Šexerazáda), from Classical Persian شَهْرَازَاد (šahrāzād), alternative form of شَهْرْزَاد (šahrzād); either a reborrowing from Arabic شَهْرْزَاد (šahrzād) from Middle Persian *čihrāzād⁠, equivalent to New Persian چهر (čihr /čehr, “lineage”) + آزاد (āzād /âzâd, “noble”), or a compound of شهر (šahr, “city”) + زاد (zād /zâd, “child of”), in which case there was likely no reborrowing through Arabic involved. Given name popularized by the fictional character below.

Words formed from Scheherazade

Words that rhyme with Scheherazade

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Questions about Scheherazade

What does Scheherazade mean?
Scheherazade means a female given name from Persian.
What is Scheherazade in Hindi?
Scheherazade in Hindi is शहरज़ाद (śaharzād). See Scheherazade meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Scheherazade?
Scheherazade is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Scheherazade?
Scheherazade is pronounced /ʃəˌhɛɹəˈzɑːd(ə)/ (UK).

Words near Scheherazade in the dictionary

  1. Scheffler
  2. schefflera
  3. scheffleras
  4. Schefflers
  5. Scheffs
  6. Scheherazade
  7. Scheherazadean
  8. Scheherazadian
  9. Scheherezade
  10. Scheherezadian
  11. Scheib

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