شہید

See also: شهید and شهيد

Punjabi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic شَهِدَ (šahida)
    Arabic شَهِيد (šahīd)bor.
    Classical Persian شَهِید (šahīd)bor.
    Punjabi شَہِید (śahīd)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهِید (šahīd), borrowed from Arabic شَهِيد (šahīd), from شَهِدَ (šahida).

    Noun

    شَہِید • (śahīd) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਹੀਦ)

    1. martyr

    Proper noun

    شَہِید • (śahīd) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਹੀਦ)

    1. shaheed (a title)

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Arabic شَهِدَ (šahida)
      Arabic شَهِيد (šahīd)bor.
      Classical Persian شَهِید (šahīd)bor.
      Urdu شَہِید (śahīd)

      Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهِید (šahīd), borrowed from Arabic شَهِيد (šahīd), from شَهِدَ (šahida).

      Pronunciation

      • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃə.ɦiːd̪/
      • Rhymes: -iːd̪
      • Hyphenation: شَ‧ہِید

      Adjective

      شَہِید • (śahīd) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling शहीद)

      1. martyred
      2. (Islam) demolished, destroyed (of a minaret, mosque etc.)

      Noun

      شَہِید • (śahīd) m (formal plural شُہَدَا (śuhadā), Hindi spelling शहीद)

      1. martyr
        Synonym: وِیر (vīr)
      2. (religion) An epithet for God.
      3. (figuratively) a lover
      4. (figuratively) an injured person
      5. (literally) a witness; one who bears witness

      Declension

      Declension of شہید
      singular plural
      direct شَہِید (śahīd) شَہِید (śahīd)
      oblique شَہِید (śahīd) شَہِیدوں (śahīdõ)
      vocative شَہِید (śahīd) شَہِیدو (śahīdo)

      Further reading

      • “شہید”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
      • “شہید”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
      • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شہيد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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