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Gender Feminine
Usage Indian
Other Forms FormsShehrazad, Sheharazaad, Sheherazad, Sheherazade

Meaning & History

the origins is old ancient Hindustani languages and stems from hindavi pali and is commom in Urdu. Shehr also spelled and pronounced as Sheher Shahar Shahr means land city nation and Azad or Azaad means free and Azadi in Hindi Urdu means freedom . it has been made famous due to an Indian princess who was married to a king who rule Khorasan region which was parts of indian subcontinent afganistan central asia and parts of iran. THe name nor the Princess origin has no connections to Arabic land languages nor peple nor connected to any old middle Persian; however it has been used in farsi language for and to name boys girls for about 1500 years due to the princess and princes of South Asia who interacted and sometimes married rulers who also spoke farsi.Its used in old ancient indo aryan Dravidic and iranic people nations of central asia and south Asian present day India mainly, the entire Indian subcontinent and ancient Uzbekistan Tajikistan Tarim Basin Uyghurland, and possibly Turkmenistan and farther in older times before and after turko mongol settlements and invasions
Added 5/10/2020 by Shehrazadii
Edited 9/13/2020 by Mike C