Tourandocte
Tourandocte proper noun: a fictional Chinese princess appearing in "Histoire du prince Calaf et de la princesse de la Chine" ('Story of Prince Calaf and the Princess of China') collected in Les Mille et Un Jours (1710–1712) by François Pétis de la Croix.
Proper noun
Tourandocte
- A fictional Chinese princess appearing in "Histoire du prince Calaf et de la princesse de la Chine" ('Story of Prince Calaf and the Princess of China') collected in Les Mille et Un Jours (1710–1712) by François Pétis de la Croix.
- Toujours la même ardeur précipite chaque année, de la province ici, un nombre égal, pour ne pas dire croissant, d’ambitions imberbes qui s’élancent la tête haute, le cœur altier, à l’assaut de la mode, cette espèce de princesse Tourandocte des Mille et Un Jours pour qui chacun veut être le prince...1898, Honoré de Balzac, translated by Ellen Marriage, A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, Philadelphia, page 109
Origin of Tourandocte
Borrowed from French Tourandocte, from Classical Persian تُورَاندُخْت (tūrān-duxt, female given name, literally “daugher of Turan”), from a medieval misreading of پُورَاندُخْت (pūrān-duxt), itself from پُورَان (pūrān, female given name) + دُخْت (duxt, “daughter”).
Questions about Tourandocte
- What does Tourandocte mean?
- Tourandocte means a fictional Chinese princess appearing in "Histoire du prince Calaf et de la princesse de la Chine" ('Story of Prince Calaf and the Princess of China') collected in Les Mille et Un Jours (1710–1712) by François Pétis de la Croix.
- What part of speech is Tourandocte?
- Tourandocte is a proper noun.
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