شاهد

See also: شاہد‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verbal form III of the root ش ه د‎ (š-h-d).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaː.ha.da/
  • (file)

Verb

شَاهَدَ • (šāhada) III, non-past يُشَاهِدُ‎‎ (yušāhidu)

  1. to see (with one’s own eyes)[1], to view, to inspect, to watch, to observe, to witness
    ‏شَاهِدْتُ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْأَجَانِبِ هُنَاك‎ ― šāhidtu kaṯīran mina l-ʔajānibi hunāk ― I saw many foreigners there
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of the form I verb شَهِدَ‎ (šahida, “to witness”), from the root ش ه د‎ (š-h-d).

Noun

شَاهِد • (šāhid) m (plural شَاهِدُون‎ (šāhidūn) or شُهُود‎ (šuhūd) or أَشْهَاد‎ (ʔašhād) or شُهَّد‎ (šuhhad), feminine شَاهِدَة‎ (šāhida))

  1. witness, one giving evidence
    Synonym: شَهِيد‎ (šahīd)
  2. notary public
Declension
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: şahid
  • → Bashkir: шаһит (şahit)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: شاهد‎
  • → Pashto: شاهد‎
  • → Persian: شاهد‎
  • → Uzbek: shohid

Noun

شَاهِد • (šāhid) m (plural شَوَاهِد‎ (šawāhid))

  1. evidence, piece of evidence
  2. attestation
  3. textual evidence
  4. testimony
  5. upright, oblong tombstone
Declension

Adjective

شَاهِد • (šāhid) (feminine شَاهِدَة‎ (šāhida), masculine plural شَاهِدُون‎ (šāhidūn) or شُهُود‎ (šuhūd) or أَشْهَاد‎ (ʔašhād) or شُهَّد‎ (šuhhad), feminine plural شَاهِدَات‎ (šāhidāt))

  1. present
Declension

References

  1. Wehr, Hans (1979), “شهد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic شَاهِد‎ (šāhid).

Noun

شاهد • (şahid)

  1. witness
  • شاهدلك‎ (şahidlik, “testimony”)

Descendants

References

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic شَاهِد‎ (šāhid).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɑˈhed/

Noun

شاهد • (šâhéd) m (plural اشهاد‎)

  1. witness

Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic شَاهِد‎ (šāhid).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ʃɔˈhid/

  • IPA(key): [ʃɒːˈhed̪]

Noun

شاهد • (šâhed) (plural شاهدان‎ (šâhedân) or شاهدها‎ (šâhed-hâ))

  1. witness
    Synonym: گواه‎ (govâh)
Descendants

Etymology 2

Derived from Arabic شَهْد‎ (šahd, “honey, honeycomb, pleasant”).

Adjective

شاهد • (šâhed)

  1. (obsolete) beautiful, pleasant
    Synonyms: زیبا‎ (zibâ), خوش‎ (xoš), قشنگ‎ (qašang), نیک‎ (nik)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش ه د‎

Etymology 1

From Arabic شَاهَدَ‎ (šāhada).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaː.had/, [ˈʃæː.had]
  • (file)

Verb

شاهد • (šāhad) (form III, present بشاهد‎ (bišāhed))

  1. (formal) to watch, to view
    Synonym: حضر‎ (ḥiḍir)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of شاهد (šāhad)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m شاهدت (šāhadt) شاهدت (šāhadt) شاهد (šāhad) شاهدنا (šāhadna) شاهدتو (šāhadtu) شاهدو (šāhadu)
f شاهدتي (šāhadti) شاهدت (šāhadat)
present m بشاهد (bašāhed) بتشاهد (bitšāhed) بشاهد (bišāhed) منشاهد (minšāhed) بتشاهدو (bitšāhdu) بشاهدو (bišāhdu)
f بتشاهدي (bitšāhdi) بتشاهد (bitšāhed)
subjunctive m اشاهد (ašāhed) تشاهد (tšāhed) يشاهد (yšāhed) نشاهد (nšāhed) تشاهدو (tšāhdu) يشاهدو (yšāhdu)
f تشاهدي (tšāhdi) تشاهد (tšāhed)
imperative m شاهد (šāhed) شاهدو (šāhdu)
f شاهدي (šāhdi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic شَاهِد‎ (šāhid).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaː.hid/, [ˈʃæː.hɪd]
  • (file)

Noun

شاهد • (šāhed) m (plural شهود‎ (šhūd))

  1. witness
    ‏شاهد عيان‎‎ ― šāhed ʕayān ― eyewitness
  2. index finger, forefinger
See also
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