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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃahɾ.ˈzɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäɦɾ.zɑ́ːd̪]

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

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæɦɹ.zɒ́ːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæɦɹ.zɒ́ːd̪̥]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ʃæːɹ.zɒ́ːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäɦɾ.zɔ́d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	šahrzāḏ
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)
  • → German: Scheherazade
    • → English: Scheherazade