शहादत
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شهادت (šahādat), from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda). Compare Bengali শাহাদাত (śahadat), Punjabi ਸ਼ਹਾਦਤ (śahādat).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃə.ɦɑː.d̪ət̪/, [ʃɐ.ɦäː.d̪ɐt̪]
Noun
शहादत • (śahādat) f (Urdu spelling شہادت)
- martyrdom, valourous death
- Shatish Chandak (26 September 2017) “13 जवानों की शहादत पर बनी 13 किमी सडक़, निर्माण रोकने नक्सलियों ने लगाए थे 82 आईईडी [13 km of roads made on martyrdom of 13 soldiers, Naxalites plant 82 IEDs to stop construction]”, in Lalluram News[1]
- (law) evidence, testimony
- (Islam) the shahada
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शहादत śahādat |
शहादतें śahādatẽ |
| oblique | शहादत śahādat |
शहादतों śahādatõ |
| vocative | शहादत śahādat |
शहादतो śahādato |
See also
- शहीद (śahīd)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शहादत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press