What does "scheherazade" mean?
A female given name from Persian.
Scheherazade
/ʃəˈhɛɹəzɑd/ name
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Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A female given name from Persian.
- Grammar: scheherazade is listed as name.
- Nearest alternatives: artistic title, character, composition title, feminine archetype.
- Useful contrasts: direct speaker, masculine archetype, nonfictional person.
- Usage evidence: Scheherazade is an Iranian citizen.
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 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.
Synonyms
All synonymsAntonyms
direct speakermasculine archetypenonfictional personplain speaker
Example
"Scheherazade is an Iranian citizen."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "scheherazade"?
Common synonyms include: artistic title, character, composition title, feminine archetype, iconic heroine, narrative archetype.
How do you use "scheherazade" in a sentence?
Scheherazade is an Iranian citizen.
How do you pronounce "scheherazade"?
Pronounced /ʃəˈhɛɹəzɑd/.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Scheherazade, from Russian Шехераза́да (Šexerazáda), from Classical Persian شَهْرَازَاد (šahrāzād), alternative form of شَهْرْزَاد (šahrzād); either a reborrowing from Arabic شَهْرْزَاد (šahrzād) from Middle Persian *čihrāzād, equivalent to New Persian چهر (čihr /čehr, “lineage”) + آزاد (āzād /âzâd, “noble”), or a compound of شهر (šahr, “city”) + زاد (zād /zâd, “child of”), in which case there was likely no reborrowing through Arabic involved. Given name popularized by the fictional character below.