Scheherazade
English
editAlternative forms
edit- Scheherezade
- Shahrazad
- Shahrzad (as a given name)
- Sheherazade
Etymology
editBorrowed from German Scheherazade, from Russian Шехераза́да (Šexerazáda), from Persian شهرازاد (šahrâzâd), alternative form of شهرزاد (šahrzâd, from شهر (šahr, “city”) + ـزاد (-zâd, “child of”), literally “child of the city”).
Popularized by the fictional character below.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editScheherazade
- 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
editTranslations
editfemale 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 the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Russian Шехераза́да (Šexerazáda), from Persian شهرازاد (šahrâzâd), alternative form of شهرزاد (šahrzâd, literally “child of the city”), from شهر (šahr, “city”) + ـزاد (-zâd, “child of”).
The noun is a reference to the fictional character.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editScheherazade f (genitive Scheherazades or Scheherazade)
- a female given name
- Scheherazade (fictional character)
Noun
editScheherazade f (genitive Scheherazade, plural Scheherazaden)
- a female storyteller or narrator of fairy tales
- Synonyms: Geschichtenerzählerin, Märchenerzählerin
Declension
editDeclension 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
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