Where does “Šeherezada” come from?

Šeherezada (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Persian شهرزاد, from Arabic شهرزاد, from Classical Persian شَهْرْزَاد.

Šeherezada (Serbo-Croatian): Scheherazade

Definitions

  1. Scheherazade

Ancestry of “Šeherezada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianشهرزادScheherazade, a character in One Thousand and One Nights
2ArabicشهرزادScheherazade, a character in One Thousand and One Nights
3Classical Persianشَهْرْزَاد—
Every word from Classical Persian شَهْرْزَاد →Every word from Arabic شهرزاد →Every word from Persian شهرزاد →