شاہ نامہ

Urdu

شاہ نامہ کی ایک صفحہ
a page from the Shahnameh

Alternative forms

• شاہنامہ (śāhnāma)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاهنامه (šāhnāma, “Shahnameh”). By surface analysis, شاہ (śāh, “king”) +‎ نامہ (nāma, “history”), literally “the book of kings”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɑːɦ nɑːm.ɑ(ː)/

Proper noun

شاہ نامہ • (śāh-nāma) m (Hindi spelling शाहनामा)

1. Shahnameh, an epic poem written by Ferdowsi telling the legendary history and mythology of the ancient Iranians

Further reading

• “شاہ نامہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نامہ&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact شاہ نامہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “نامہ شاہ نامہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “نامہ&searchhws=yes شاہ نامہ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “شاہ نامہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.