Scheherazade
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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
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