martir

From Portuguese mártir, from Ecclesiastical Latin martyr, from Aeolic Ancient Greek μάρτυρ (mártur), from μάρτυς (mártus, “witness”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmar.tɪr]
• Hyphenation: mar‧tir

martir (plural martir-martir)

1. (Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism) martyr, one who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs

   Synonym: (Islam) syahid

• “martir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Old French martire, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin martyr, from Aeolic Ancient Greek μάρτυρ (mártur), from μάρτυς (mártus, “witness”).

martir (plural martirs)

1. martyr
   • late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 17-18.

     The hooly blisful martir for to seke
     That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seeke.

     The holy blessed martyr there to seek
     Who helped them when they lay so ill and weak

• Scots: mairtyr
• English: martyr
  • → Maori: matira

martir m

1. alternative form of martyr.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μάρτυρ (mártur). Doublet of martor.

• IPA^(key): /marˈtir/

martir m (plural martiri, feminine equivalent martiră)

1. martyr

   Synonym: jertfă

• martiriu

• martor

• “martir”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Borrowed from Spanish mártir (“martyr”), from Ecclesiastical Latin martyr, from Ancient Greek μάρτυς (mártus, “witness”). Words with a closed penultimate syllable tend to have ultimate stress on earlier stages of the language.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maɾˈtiɾ/ [mɐɾˈt̪ɪɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: mar‧tir

martír (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔)

1. martyr

• “martir”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018