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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shahnama

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shah-na-ma
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Shahnameh

Etymology

From Classical Persian شَاهْنَامَه (šāhnāma), from شَاه (šāh, “king”) + نَامَه (nāma, “book”), literally “book of kings”.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: شَاهْنَامَه

Inflected Forms

the Shahnama (canonical)

Phrases

Shahnama-khwan Shahnama-khwani

Frequently Paired Words

Shahnama-khwan Shahnama-khwani

Questions

What does shahnama mean?
Alternative form of Shahnameh
Where does shahnama come from?
From Classical Persian شَاهْنَامَه (šāhnāma), from شَاه (šāh, “king”) + نَامَه (nāma, “book”), literally “book of kings”.

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