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Shahrazad

/ˈʃɑːɹəzɑːd/

Shahrazad is the alternative form of Scheherazade.

Meaning of Scheherazade

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.

Origin of Shahrazad

Borrowed from Persian شهرازاد (šahrâzâd), alternative form of شهرزاد (šahrzâd, literally “child of the city”), from شهر (šahr, “city”) + ـزاد (-zâd, “child of”).

Questions about Shahrazad

What is Shahrazad the alternative form of?
Shahrazad is the alternative form of Scheherazade.
How do you pronounce Shahrazad?
Shahrazad is pronounced /ˈʃɑːɹəzɑːd/.

Words near Shahrazad in the dictionary

  1. Shahr Rey
  2. Shahr-e Kord
  3. Shahr-e Posht
  4. Shahr-e-Ray
  5. Shahr-e-Rey
  6. Shahrazad
  7. Shahrekord
  8. Shahrisabz
  9. Shahrivar
  10. Shahriyar
  11. shahrud

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Shahrazad (page history and authors); Scheherazade (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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