शहादत
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian شهادت (šahādat), from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda). Compare Bengali শাহাদাত (śahadat), Punjabi ਸ਼ਹਾਦਤ (śahādat).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
शहादत • (śahādat) f (Urdu spelling شہادت)
- martyrdom, valourous death
- Shatish Chandak (2017 September 26) “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[edit]
Declension of शहादत (fem cons-stem)
See also[edit]
- शहीद (śahīd)
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शहादत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press