Etymology

Shahnama

S1H4A1H4N1A1M3A1
Classical Persian شَاهْنَامَه
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  1. Classical Persian · borrowed fromشَاهْنَامَه
  2. English todayShahnama

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

Words from the same roots

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Shahnameh

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