Scheherazade

Scheherazade

English

Alternative forms

• Scheherezade
• Shahrazad
• Shahrzad (as a given name)
• Sheherazade

Etymology

Borrowed from German Scheherazade, 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”).
Popularized by the fictional character below.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʃəˌhɛɹəˈzɑːd(ə)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ʃəˈhɛɹəzɑd/
• Rhymes: -ɑːd, -ɑːdə

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.

Derived terms

• Scheherazadean

Translations

female given name

Arabic: شَهْرَزَاد‎ (ar) f (šahrazād) Armenian: Շահրազադ (Šahrazad) Azerbaijani: Şəhrizadə Basque: Xerezade Breton: Chahrazad f Bulgarian: Шехереза́да f (Šeherezáda), Шахраза́да f (Šahrazáda) Catalan: Xahrazad f Chinese: Mandarin: 謝赫拉莎德／谢赫拉莎德 (Xièhèlāshādé), 舍赫拉查德 (Shèhèlāchádé) Dutch: Sjeherazade f, Scheherazade f, Sheherazade f, Sherazade f Esperanto: Ŝehrazad Finnish: Šeherazade French: Shéhérazade (fr) f, Schéhérazade (fr) f Galician: Sherezade f, Xerezade (gl) f German: Scheherazade f, Scheherezade f Greek: Σεχραζάντ f (Sechrazánt) Hebrew: שחרזאדה‎ f, שהראזאד‎ f Hindi: शहरज़ाद f (śaharzād) Hungarian: Seherezádé (hu) Indonesian: Scheherezade, Sheherazade, Shahrazad Italian: Sharazād f, Shahrazād f, Sherazad f Japanese: シェヘラザード (Sheherazādo) Korean: 셰에라자드 (Syeerajadeu), 세헤라자데 (Seherajade) Lak: Шагьру-зада (Šahru-zada) Malay: Scheherazad, Shahrazada Norwegian: Bokmål: Sjeherasad f Persian: شهرزاد‎ (šahrzâd), شهرازاد‎ (šahrâzâd) Polish: Szeherezada (pl) f Portuguese: Xerazade f, Sherazade f, Sheherazade f Punjabi: ਸ਼ਹਿਰਜ਼ਾਦ (śahirzād), ਸ਼ਹਰਜ਼ਾਦ f (śahrazād) Romanian: Șeherezada f Russian: Шахереза́да f (Šaxerezáda), Шехереза́да f (Šexerezáda), Шихираза́да f (Šixirazáda), Шахраза́да f (Šaxrazáda), Шехераза́да f (Šexerazáda) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Шехереза́да f, Шахраза̏да f, Шехерза́да f Roman: Šeherezáda f, Šahrazȁda f, Šeherzáda f Slovene: Šeherezada f Spanish: Scheherezade f, Scheherezada f, Sherezade f, Sherazade f Tagalog: Sharazad, Shahrazad Turkish: Şehrazat Ukrainian: Шаграза́да f (Šahrazáda), Шехереза́да f (Šexerezáda) Urdu: شهرزاد‎ f (Śaharzād) Uyghur: شەھرىزاد‎ (shehrizad)

fictional storyteller

Arabic: شَهْرَزَاد‎ (ar) f (šahrazād) Czech: Šeherezáda f, Šahrazád f Macedonian: Шехерезада f (Šeherezada)

Further reading

• Scheherazade at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Scheherazade, Scheherezade, Shahrazad, Shahrzad, Sheherazade at Google Ngram Viewer

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German

Alternative forms

• Scheherasade, Scheherezade

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ʃəˌheːʁaˈzaːdə/

• Audio

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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 [feminine]

	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

• “Scheherazade” in Duden online