شهد

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ش ه د‎ (š-h-d).

Verb

شَهِدَ • (šahida) I, non-past يَشْهَدُ‎‎ (yašhadu)

  1. to witness, to be a witness
  2. to experience personally, to see with one’s own eyes
  3. to be present, to attend, to be around
  4. to see
Conjugation

Verb

شَهِدَ • (šahida) I, non-past يَشْهَدُ‎‎ (yašhadu)

  1. to testify, to bear witness, to give testimony, to give evidence
  2. to attest, to confirm, to certify
  3. to witness (a signature)
  4. to acknowledge, to adjudge
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا‎ (wašahida šāhidun min ʔahlihā)

Etymology 2

From ش ه د‎ (š-h-d), uncertain sense, perhaps from likening the honeycombs to the graves of martyrs or the swarming of people at such shrines like bees swarm around a hive; see مشهد‎. Otherwise from the mucus that covers a fetus at birth; the meaning of birth is extended from the "being around" or "being present" of verb form I.

Noun

شَهْد or شُهْد • (šahd or šuhd) m (plural شِهَاد‎ (šihād))

  1. honey especially still in the honeycomb
    • 13th century, Saʿdī aš-Šīrāzī, دیوان سعدی‎ [Dīwān of Saʿdī]:
      ‏فَكَمْ تُمَرِّرُ عَيْشِي وَأَنْتَ حامِلُ شَهْدٍ‎
      fakam tumarriru ʕayšī waʔanta ḥāmilu šahdin
      And how much you make my life bitter and [although] you are a carrier of honey
    Synonym: عَسَل‎ (ʕasal)
  2. honeycomb
  3. melon, cantaloupe
  4. nectar
  5. (figuratively) anything pleasant
  6. (figuratively, from stickiness) semen, menstruation
Declension
Descendants
  • → Persian: شَهْد‎ (šahd)
    • → Hindi: शहद (śahad)
    • → Urdu: شہد‎

Adjective

شُهَّد • (šuhhad) m pl

  1. masculine plural of شَاهِد‎ (šāhid)

References

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic شَهْد‎ (šahd).

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /ʃahd/

    Noun

    شهد • (šahd)

    1. honey

    Synonyms

    Descendants

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