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Shahnameh
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English
Alternative forms
en Shahnama most common alternative form
en Shāhnāma Shahname Shāhnāme Shahnamah Shāhnāmah Shāhnāmeh Shah Nama Shah Name Shah-Nama Shah-Name Shah Namah Shah Nameh Shah-Namah Shah-Nameh Schahnama Schahname Schahnamah Schahnameh Schah Nama Schah Name Schah Namah Schah Nameh less common forms
Etymology
From en fa-ira شاهْنامِه, from en fa-cls شَاهْنَامَه book of kings, from fa-cls 1 شَاه<t:king> نَامَه<t:book>.
Pronunciation
en
Proper noun
1
en Q8279 An epic poem written by Ferdowsi around 1000 CE, telling the mythical and historical past of ancient Persia from the beginning of the world until the Muslim conquest of Persia Muslim conquest.
en 1829 John Malcolm The History of Persia, from the Most Early Period to the Present Time 1 London 504 https://books.google.com/books?id=pRHSgl-4WmwC&pg=PA504 Of the documents on which the Shahnameh was founded, no trace has hitherto been discovered.
Related terms
en Shahnameh-khan<t:reciter of the Shahnameh> Shahnameh-khani<t:recitation of the Shahnameh>
Translations
epic poem
Arabic: ar الشَّاهْنَامَة f
Armenian: hy Շահնամե
Azerbaijani: az Şahnamə
Bengali: bn শাহনামা
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 列王紀 Lièwángjì, cmn 王書 Wángshū
Finnish: fi Shahnameh
Hindi: hi शाहनामा m
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb شاھنامە şahname
Northern Kurdish: kmr Şahname
Marathi: mr शाहनामा m
Persian:
Classical Persian: fa-cls شَاهْنَامَه
Dari: prs شَاهْنَامَه
Iranian Persian: fa-ira شاهْنامِه
Portuguese: pt
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: pa ਸ਼ਾਹਨਾਮਾ m
Shahmukhi: pa شاہْنامَہ m
Russian: ru Шахнаме́ f Šaxnamɛ́
Tajik: tg Шоҳнома
Tatar: tt Шаһнамә
Turkish: tr Şahname Şâhnâme, tr Şehname Şehnâme
Ottoman Turkish: ota شاهنامه şâhnâme
Turkmen: tk Şanama
Urdu: ur شاہْنامَہ m, ur شاہ نامَہ m
Uyghur: ug شاھنامە
Uzbek: uz Shohnoma
en Shahnameh Books Iran Poetry