Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shahryar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables: shahryar
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Name of the fictional Persian Sassanid King of Kings married to Scheherazade in the story One Thousand and One Nights.

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهْرْیَار (šahryār).

Questions

What does shahryar mean?: Name of the fictional Persian Sassanid King of Kings married to Scheherazade in the story One Thousand and One Nights.
Where does shahryar come from?: Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهْرْیَار (šahryār).

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