Shahnameh

English

Alternative forms

• Shahnamah, Shahnama, Shahname, Shah Nameh, Shah Namah, Shah Name, Shah Nama, Shah-Nameh, Shah-Namah, Shah-Name, Shah-Nama, Shāhnāmah, Shāhnāmeh, Shāhnāma

Etymology

From Iranian Persian شاهنامه (šâhnâme), from Classical Persian شاهنامه (šāhnāma).

Proper noun

Shahnameh

2. 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 invasion.

Related terms

• Shahnameh Khani

Translations

epic poem

• Armenian: Շահնամե (hy) (Šahname)
• Azerbaijani: Şahnamə
• Bengali: শাহনামা (śahnama)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 列王紀／列王纪 (zh) (Lièwángjì), 王書／王书 (zh) (Wángshū)

• Finnish: Shahnameh
• Hindi: शाहनामा (hi) m (śāhnāmā)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: شاھنامە (şahname)

  Northern Kurdish: Şahname (ku)

• Marathi: शाहनामा m (śāhnāmā)
• Persian: شاهنامه (fa) (šâhnâme)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: Шахнаме́ f (Šaxnamé)
• Tajik: Шоҳнома (Šohnoma)
• Urdu: شاہ نامہ (śāh-nāma)
• Uyghur: شاھنامە (shahname)
• Uzbek: Shohnoma