English Explanatory Dictionary

Shahnameh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An epic poem written by Ferdowsi around 1000 CE, telling the mythical and historical past of ancient Persia from the beginning of the world until the Muslim invasion.

Word forms

Shahnameh the Shahnameh Shahnama Shāhnāma Shahname Shāhnāme Shahnamah Shāhnāmah Shāhnāmeh Shah Nama Shah Name Shah-Nama Shah-Name Shah Namah Shah Nameh Shah-Namah Shah-Nameh Schahnama Schahname Schahnamah Schahnameh Schah Nama Schah Name Schah Namah Schah Nameh

Etymology

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

Related words

Shahnameh-khan Shahnameh-khani
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