শহীদ

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَهيد (šahīd, literally witness), likely through Classical Persian شهید (šahīd). Compare Hindustani شَہِید (śahīd) / शहीद (śahīd).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃohid̪/, [ˈʃohid̪]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃohid̪/, [ˈʃohid̪]

Noun

শহীদ • (śohid)

  1. martyr
    শহিদ হওয়াśohid hōẇato become a martyr, to be martyred

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative শহীদ (śohid)
objective শহীদকে (śohid (semantically general or indefinite) / śohidke (semantically definite))
genitive শহীদের (śohider)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative শহীদটা, শহীদটি (śohidṭa (colloquial), śohidṭi (formal)) শহীদেরা (śohidera)
objective শহীদটাকে, শহীদটিকে (śohidṭake (colloquial), śohidṭike (formal)) শহীদদের(কে) (śohidder(ke))
genitive শহীদটার, শহীদটির (śohidṭar (colloquial), śohidṭir (formal)) শহীদদের (śohidder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

  • শহিদমিনার (śohidminar)
  • শহীদত্ব (śohidotto)

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