Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mashhad

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables: mash-had
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Iran, the seat of Mashhad County's Central District and the capital of Razavi Khorasan Province.

name

A county of Iran, around the city.

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مشهد (mašhad), from Arabic مشهد (mašhad).

Origin

Source language: Persian

Word Breakdown

Root: مشهد

Inflected Forms

Mashad (alternative) Meshed (alternative) Meshhed (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Mashhadi

Questions

What does mashhad mean?: A city in Iran, the seat of Mashhad County's Central District and the capital of Razavi Khorasan Province.
Where does mashhad come from?: It is traced to Persian.

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