Şehrazat
Şehrazat is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
The first name is the Turkish form of the Arabic - Persian name Shahrazad (شهرزاد). This name in turn means free city and comes from the Persian elements شهر (shahr) for city and آزاد (azad) for free . It is the name of the fictional storyteller Scheherazade in 1001 Nights . She tells a story to her husband, the king, every night for 1001 nights in order to delay her execution.
Variants of the name are Shahrzad (Persian), Shahrizad (Arabic), Scheherazade, Sheherazade (literature), Şehrazad (Turkish).
Well-known namesake
- Şehrazat Kemali Söylemezoğlu , known as Şehrazat (* 1952), Turkish singer, composer, songwriter, producer, businesswoman and philanthropist
Individual evidence
- ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Shahrazad. Retrieved May 19, 2019 .