شهيد

See also: شهید and شہید

Arabic

Etymology

From the form I verb شَهِدَ (šahida, to witness, to bear witness), from the root ش ه د (š-h-d). Semantic evolution from "witness" to "martyr" is probably calqued from Ancient Greek μάρτυς (mártus).

Cognate with Hebrew שָׂהֵד (sahéd).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːd

Noun

شَهِيد (šahīd) m (plural شُهَدَاء (šuhadāʔ), feminine شَهِيدَة (šahīda))

  1. witness
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:13:
      لَّوۡلَا جَاۤءُو عَلَیۡهِ بِأَرۡبَعَةِ شُهَدَاۤءَ ۚ فَإِذۡ لَمۡ یَأۡتُوا۟ بِٱلشُّهَدَاۤءِ فَأُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُمُ ٱلۡكَـٰذِبُونَ
      lawlā jāʔū ʕalay-hi bi-ʔarbaʕati šuhadāʔa fa-ʔiḏ lam yaʔtū bi-š-šuhadāʔi fa-ʔūlāʔika ʕinda llāhi humu l-kāḏibūna
      Sahih International: And why did the accusers not bring four witnesses to it? If they cannot produce such witnesses, they are the liars in God’s eyes.
    Synonym: شَاهِد (šāhid)
  2. martyr
  3. anyone killed in action

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: şəhid
  • English: shaheed
  • Indonesian: syahid
  • Kazakh: шаһид (şahid), шейіт (şeiıt)
  • Northern Kurdish: şehîd
  • Russian: шахид (šaxid)
  • Swahili: shahidi
  • Turkish: şehit

Adjective

شَهِيد (šahīd) (feminine شَهِيدَة (šahīda), masculine plural شُهَدَاء (šuhadāʔ), feminine plural شَهِيدَات (šahīdāt))

  1. witnessing [+ عَلَى (object)]

Declension

Persian

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ʃaˈhid/

Noun

شهید (šahid)

  1. witness, martyr
  2. شاهد
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