n.
Pronunciation: sh ə - ˌ her- ə - ' zäd; - ' zä-d ə , -d ē
Function: noun
Etymology: German Scheherezade, from Persian Sh ī raz ā d
Date: 1801
: the fictional wife of a sultan and the narrator of the tales in the Arabian Nights' Entertainments
n.
Pronunciation: sh ə - ˌ her- ə - ' zäd; - ' zä-d ə , -d ē
Function: noun
Etymology: German Scheherezade, from Persian Sh ī raz ā d
Date: 1801
: the fictional wife of a sultan and the narrator of the tales in the Arabian Nights' Entertainments
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012