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Shahnama

Shahnama is the alternative form of Shahnameh.

Meaning of Shahnameh

Proper noun

the Shahnameh

  1. An epic poem written by Ferdowsi around 1000 CE, telling the mythical and historical past of ancient Persia from the beginning of the world until the Muslim conquest.
    • Of the documents on which the Shahnameh was founded, no trace has hitherto been discovered.1829, John Malcolm, The History of Persia, from the Most Early Period to the Present Time, volume 1, London, page 504

Origin of Shahnama

From Classical Persian شَاهْنَامَه (šāhnāma), from شَاه (šāh, “king”) + نَامَه (nāma, “book”), literally “book of kings”.

Questions about Shahnama

What is Shahnama the alternative form of?
Shahnama is the alternative form of Shahnameh.

Words near Shahnama in the dictionary

  1. Shahkulu
  2. Shahla
  3. Shahmukhi
  4. shahnai
  5. shahnais
  6. Shahnama
  7. Shahnameh
  8. Shahpur
  9. Shahqoli
  10. Shahr Kord
  11. Shahr Kurd

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Shahnama (page history and authors); Shahnameh (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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