شاهد

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ش ه د (š-h-d)

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʃaː.ha.da/
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

شَاهَدَ (šāhada) III, non-past يُشَاهِدُ‎ (yušāhidu)

  1. to see (with one’s own eyes), to view, to inspect, to watch, to observe, to witness
    شَاهَدْتُ كَثِيرًا مِنَ ٱلْأَجَانِبَ هُنَاكَ.šāhadtu kaṯīran mina l-ʔajāniba hunāka.I saw many foreigners there.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Derived from the active participle of the verb شَهِدَ (šahida).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

شَاهِد (šāhidm (plural شُهُود (šuhūd) or شَاهِدُونَ (šāhidūna) or أَشْهَاد (ʔašhād) or شُهَّد (šuhhad), feminine شَاهِدَة (šāhida))

  1. witness, one giving evidence
    Synonym: شَهِيد (šahīd)
    شَاهِد عِيَانšāhid ʕiyāneyewitness
  2. notary public
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Descendants[edit]

Noun[edit]

شَاهِد (šāhidm (plural شَوَاهِد (šawāhid))

  1. evidence, piece of evidence
  2. attestation
  3. textual evidence
  4. testimony
  5. upright, oblong tombstone
  6. forefinger, index finger
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic شَاهِد (šāhid).

Noun[edit]

شاهد (şahid)

  1. witness

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Pashto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic شَاهِد (šāhid).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

شاهد (šâhédm (plural اشهاد)

  1. witness

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic شاهِد (šāhid, witness).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? šāhiḏ
Dari reading? šāhid
Iranian reading? šâhed
Tajik reading? šohid

Noun[edit]

Dari شاهِد
Iranian Persian
Tajik шоҳид

شاهد (šâhed) (plural شاهدان (šâhedân) or شاهدها (šâhed-hâ) or شاهدین (šâhedin))

  1. A human:
    1. witness; eyewitness; testifier
      Synonym: گواه (govâh)
      • c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Rubaʿī 44”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎[2]:
        قاضی به دو شاهد بدهد فتوی شرع
        در مذهب عشق شاهدی بس باشد
        qāzī ba du šāhid bidahad fatwā-yi šar'
        dar mazhab-i išq šāhidē bas bāšad
        The qadi gives the Holy Law's fatwa on [the word of] two witnesses;
        In the doctrine of love, one beloved should be enough.
        (Classical Persian transliteration.)
        (The verse involves a pun between senses 1 and 3, based on the fact that Islamic law requires at least two witnesses in all matters.)
    2. (archaic, literature) beauty; beautiful person; the beloved (so beautiful that their physical beauty illuminates or "testifies" to the beauty of God)
      Synonyms: بت (bot), صنم (sanam), خوب (xub), دلبر (delbar), جانان (jânân)
      • c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Rubaʿī 44”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎[3]:
        قاضی به دو شاهد بدهد فتوی شرع
        در مذهب عشق شاهدی بس باشد
        qāzī ba du šāhid bidahad fatwā-yi šar'
        dar mazhab-i išq šāhidē bas bāšad
        The qadi gives the Holy Law's fatwa on [the word of] two witnesses;
        In the doctrine of love, one beloved should be enough.
        (Classical Persian transliteration.)
        (The verse involves a pun between senses 1 and 3, based on the fact that Islamic law requires at least two witnesses in all matters.)

شاهد (šâhed) (plural شواهد (šavâhed))

  1. A non-human:
    1. example; exemplary quotation (e.g. in a dictionary)
      Synonym: مثال (mesâl)
    2. (pluralia tantum) evidence; always as the plural شواهد.
      شواهد کافی نیست.šavâhed kâfi nist.The evidence is insufficient.

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Adjective[edit]

شاهد (šâhed)

  1. (obsolete) beautiful, pleasant
    Synonyms: زیبا (zibâ), خوش (xoš), قشنگ (qašang), نیک (nik)

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ش ه د
2 terms

Etymology 1[edit]

From Arabic شَاهَدَ (šāhada).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʃaː.had/, [ˈʃæː.had]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

شاهد (šāhad) III (present بشاهد (bišāhed))

  1. (formal) to watch, to view
    Synonym: حضر (ḥiḍir)
Conjugation[edit]
    Conjugation of شاهد (šāhad)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m شاهدت (šāhadt) شاهدت (šāhadt) شاهد (šāhad) شاهدنا (šāhadna) شاهدتو (šāhadtu) شاهدو (šāhadu)
f شاهدتي (šāhadti) شاهدت (šāhadat)
present m بشاهد (bašāhed) بتشاهد (bitšāhed) بشاهد (bišāhed) منشاهد (minšāhed) بتشاهدو (bitšāhdu) بشاهدو (bišāhdu)
f بتشاهدي (bitšāhdi) بتشاهد (bitšāhed)
subjunctive m اشاهد (ašāhed) تشاهد (tšāhed) يشاهد (yšāhed) نشاهد (nšāhed) تشاهدو (tšāhdu) يشاهدو (yšāhdu)
f تشاهدي (tšāhdi) تشاهد (tšāhed)
imperative m شاهد (šāhed) شاهدو (šāhdu)
f شاهدي (šāhdi)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic شَاهِد (šāhid).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʃaː.hid/, [ˈʃæː.hɪd]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

شاهد (šāhedm (plural شهود (šhūd))

  1. witness
    شاهد عيانšāhed ʕayāneyewitness
  2. index finger, forefinger
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