Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shahab

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables: sha-hab
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A transliteration of the Persian male given name شهاب (šahâb).

noun

A kind of Iranian missile.

Etymology

From Persian شهاب (šahâb, literally “meteor”), from Arabic شِهَاب (šihāb).

Origin

Source language: Persian

Word Breakdown

Root: شهاب, شِهَاب, ش ه ب

Inflected Forms

Shahabs (plural)

Questions

What does shahab mean?: A transliteration of the Persian male given name شهاب (šahâb).
Where does shahab come from?: It is traced to Persian.

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