Turandot.
Turandot (the fictional title character of Carlo Gozzi’s 1762 play Turandot, itself adapted from "Histoire du prince Calaf et de la princesse de la Chine" ('Story of Prince Calaf and the Princess of China') collected in Les Mille et Un Jours (1710–1712) by François Pétis de la Croix, and later featured in adaptations including Friedrich Schiller's 1801 play Turandot and Giacomo Puccini’s 1926 opera Turandot)
Meaning & usage
Turandot (the fictional title character of Carlo Gozzi’s 1762 play Turandot, itself adapted from "Histoire du prince Calaf et de la princesse de la Chine" ('Story of Prince Calaf and the Princess of China') collected in Les Mille et Un Jours (1710–1712) by François Pétis de la Croix, and later featured in adaptations including Friedrich Schiller's 1801 play Turandot and Giacomo Puccini’s 1926 opera Turandot)
Where this word comes from
From earlier Turandotte, from French Tourandocte, from Classical Persian تُورَاندُخْت (tūrān-duxt, female given name, literally “daughter of Turan”), from a medieval misreading of پُورَاندُخْت (pūrān-duxt), itself from پُورَان (pūrān, female given name) + دُخْت (duxt, “daughter”).
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