Etymology

Shahrisabz

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Today it means: A city in Uzbekistan. Full definition →

Classical Persian شَهْرِ سَبْز
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  1. Classical Persian · borrowed fromشَهْرِ سَبْز
  2. English todayShahrisabz

From Classical Persian شَهْرِ سَبْز (šahr-i sabz, literally “the green city”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.