Scheherazade

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Scheherazade, from Russian Шехераза́да (Šexerazáda), from Classical Persian شَهْرَازَاد (šahrāzād), alternative form of شَهْرْزَاد (šahrzād, from شَهْر (šahr, “city”) +‎ ـزَاد (-zād, “child of”), literally “child of the city”).
Popularized by the fictional character below.

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Proper noun

Scheherazade

  1. A female given name from Persian.
  2. A fictional character, the wife and storyteller of the king Shahryar in One Thousand and One Nights.

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German

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Etymology

Borrowed 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

  • IPA(key): /ʃəˌheːʁaˈzaːdə/
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  • Rhymes: -aːdə
  • Hyphenation: Sche‧he‧ra‧za‧de

Proper noun

Scheherazade f (genitive Scheherazades or Scheherazade)

  1. a female given name
  2. Scheherazade (fictional character)

Noun

Scheherazade f (genitive Scheherazade, plural Scheherazaden)

  1. a female storyteller or narrator of fairy tales
    Synonyms: Geschichtenerzählerin, Märchenerzählerin

Declension

Declension of Scheherazade
singular plural
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

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