Shahryar

English

Alternative forms

  • Schahryār
  • Shaharya
  • Shaheryar
  • Shahrayar
  • Shahriār
  • Shahriyar
  • Shahryār
  • Sheharyar

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهْرْیَار (šahryār).

Proper noun

Shahryar

  1. Name of the fictional Persian Sassanid King of kings who is told stories by his wife, Scheherazade, to delay her execution.

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