Scheherazade
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- Scheherezade
- Shahrazad
- Shahrzad (as a given name)
- Sheherazade
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Scheherazade, from Russian Шехераза́да (Šexerazáda), from Persian شهرازاد (šahrâzâd), alternative form of شهرزاد (šahrzâd, from شهر (šahr, “city”) + زاد (-zâd, “child of”), literally “child of the city”).
Popularized by the fictional character below.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Scheherazade
- A female given name from Persian.
- A fictional character, the wife and storyteller of the king Shahryar in One Thousand and One Nights.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
female given name
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fictional storyteller
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Further reading edit
- “Scheherazade”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Scheherazade, Scheherezade, Shahrazad, Shahrzad, Sheherazade at Google Ngram Viewer
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian Шехераза́да (Šexerazáda), from Persian شهرازاد (šahrâzâd), alternative form of شهرزاد (šahrzâd, literally “child of the city”), from شهر (šahr, “city”) + زاد (-zâd, “child of”).
The noun is a reference to the fictional character.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Scheherazade f (genitive Scheherazades or Scheherazade)
- a female given name
- Scheherazade (fictional character)
Noun edit
Scheherazade f (genitive Scheherazade, plural Scheherazaden)
- a female storyteller or narrator of fairy tales
- Synonyms: Geschichtenerzählerin, Märchenerzählerin
Declension edit
Declension of Scheherazade [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Scheherazade | die | Scheherazaden |
genitive | einer | der | Scheherazade | der | Scheherazaden |
dative | einer | der | Scheherazade | den | Scheherazaden |
accusative | eine | die | Scheherazade | die | Scheherazaden |
References edit
- “Scheherazade” in Duden online