شهرزاد

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهْرْزَاد (šahrzād).

Pronunciation

  •  IPA(key): /ʃah.ra.zaːd/

Proper noun

شَهْرَزَاد • (šahrazād) f

  1. a female given name, Shahrzad, from Persian
  2. Scheherazade, a character in One Thousand and One Nights

Persian

Etymology

From شهر (šahr, “city”) +‎ زاد (zâd, “child of”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃäɦɾ.zɑ́ːd̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʃɑːɾ.zɑ́ːd̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʃɔːɾ.zɔ́ːd̪̥]
 

Readings
Classical reading? šahrzād
Dari reading? šahrzād
Iranian reading? šahrzâd
Tajik reading? šahrzod

Proper noun

شهرزاد • (šahrzâd)

  1. a female given name, Shahrzad
  2. Scheherazade, a character in One Thousand and One Nights

Derived terms

  • → Arabic: شَهْرَزَاد (šahrazād)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: शहरज़ाद (śaharzād)
    Urdu: شَہْرْزَاد (śahrzād)
  • → Punjabi: ਸ਼ਹਿਰਜ਼ਾਦ (śahirzād)
  • → Russian: Шехераза́да (Šexerazáda)
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