Scheherazade

English Alternative forms en Scheherezade en Shahrazad en Shahrzad as a given name en Sheherazade Etymology Borrowed from en de Scheherazade, from en ru Шехераза́да, from en fa-cls شَهْرَازَاد, alternative form of fa-cls شَهْرْزَاد; either a reborrowing from en ar شَهْرْزَاد from en pal *čihrāzād⁠, equivalent to en New Persian fa چهر آزاد چِهْر lineage آزَاد noble 1, or a compound of fa شهر šahr city زاد زَاد child of 1, in which case there was likely no en reborrowing through Arabic involved.Given name popularized by the fictional character below. Pronunciation en /ʃəˌhɛɹəˈzɑːd(ə)/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Scheherazade.wav Southern England en /ʃəˈhɛɹəzɑd/ US en ɑːd ɑːdə 4 5 Proper noun en female Persian. A fictional character, the wife and storyteller of the king Shahryar in One Thousand and One Nights. Derived terms en Scheherazadean Translations female given name Arabic: ar شَهْرَزَاد f Armenian: hy Շահրազադ Azerbaijani: az Şəhrizadə Bashkir: ba Шәхрезада Basque: eu Xerezade Breton: br Chahrazad f Bulgarian: bg Шехереза́да f, bg Шахраза́да f Catalan: ca Xahrazad f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 謝赫拉莎德 Xièhèlāshādé, cmn 舍赫拉查德 Shèhèlāchádé Dutch: nl Sjeherazade f, nl Scheherazade f, nl Sheherazade f, nl Sherazade f Esperanto: eo Ŝehrazad Finnish: fi Šeherazade French: fr Shéhérazade f, fr Schéhérazade f Galician: gl Sherezade f, gl Xerezade f Georgian: ka შეჰერეზადა German: de Scheherazade f, de Scheherezade f Greek: el Σεχραζάντ f Hebrew: he שחרזאדה f, he שהראזאד f Hindi: hi शहरज़ाद f Hungarian: hu Seherezádé Indonesian: id Scheherezade, id Sheherazade, id Shahrazad Italian: it Sharazād f, it Shahrazād f, it Sherazad f Japanese: ja シェヘラザード Sheherazādo Korean: ko ^셰에라자드, ko ^세헤라자데 Lak: lbe Шагьру-зада Malay: ms Scheherazad, ms Shahrazada Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Sjeherasad f Persian: Dari: prs شَهْرْزَاد, prs شَهْرَازَاد Iranian Persian: fa-ira شَهْرْزاد, fa-ira شَهْرازاد Polish: pl Szeherezada f Portuguese: pt Xerazade f, pt Sherazade f, pt Sheherazade f Punjabi: pa ਸ਼ਹਿਰਜ਼ਾਦ, pa ਸ਼ਹਰਜ਼ਾਦ f Romanian: ro Șeherezada f Russian: ru Шехереза́да f, ru Шахереза́да f, ru Шихираза́да f, ru Шахраза́да f, ru Шехераза́да f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Шехереза́да f, sh Шахраза̏да f, sh Шехерза́да f Latin: sh Šeherezáda f, sh Šahrazȁda f, sh Šeherzáda f Slovene: sl Šeherezada f Spanish: es Scheherezade f, es Scheherezada f, es Sherezade f, es Sherazade f Tagalog: tl Sharazad, tl Shahrazad Tajik: tg Шаҳрзод Turkish: tr Şehrazat Ukrainian: uk Шаграза́да f, uk Шехереза́да f Urdu: ur شَہْر زاد f, ur شَہْرْزاد f Uyghur: ug شەھرىزاد Uzbek: uz Shahrzod fictional storyteller Arabic: ar شَهْرَزَاد f Czech: cs Šeherezáda f, cs Šahrazád f Finnish: fi Šeherazade French: fr Shéhérazade f German: de Scheherazade f Korean: ko ^셰에라자드 Macedonian: mk Шехерезада f Persian: Dari: prs شَهْرْزَاد, prs شَهْرَازَاد Iranian Persian: fa-ira شَهْرْزاد, fa-ira شَهْرازاد Polish: pl Szeherezada f Further reading Scheherazade, Scheherezade, Shahrazad, Shahrzad, Sheherazade en Arabic fiction Fairy tale characters Fictional characters German de: Alternative forms de Scheherasade Scheherezade Etymology de ru Шехераза́да, from de fa شهرازاد šahrâzâd, alternative form of fa شهرزاد šahrzâd child of the city, from fa شهر city šahr + fa ـزاد child of -zâd.The noun is a reference to the fictional character. Pronunciation de /ʃəˌheːʁaˈtsaːdə/ de De-Scheherazade.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de aːdə 5 de Sche he ra za de Proper noun de proper noun f genitive Scheherazades or Scheherazade de female Scheherazade fictional character Noun f a female storyteller or narrator of fairy tales de Geschichtenerzählerin Märchenerzählerin Declension f References de Fictional characters de eponyms