شہید

See also: شهید and شهيد

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهِید (šahīd), from Arabic شَهِيد (šahīd).

Noun

شَہِید • (śahīd) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਹੀਦ)

1. martyr

Related terms

• شَہَادَت (śahādat)

 

Proper noun

شَہِید • (śahīd) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਹੀਦ)

1. shaheed (a title)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهِید (šahīd), from Arabic شَهِيد (šahīd).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ɦiːd̪/
• Rhymes: -iːd̪

Noun

شَہِید • (śahīd) m (formal plural شُہَدَا (śuhadā), Hindi spelling शहीद)

1. martyr

   Synonym: وِیر (vīr)

2. (religion) An epithet for God.
3. (figuratively) a lover
4. (figuratively) an injured person
5. (literally) a witness; one who bears witness

Declension

Declension of شہید
	singular	plural
direct	شہید (śahīd)	شہید (śahīd)
oblique	شہید (śahīd)	شہیدوں (śahīdō̃)
vocative	شہید (śahīd)	شہیدو (śahīdō)

Related terms

• شَاہِد (śāhid, “witness”)
• شَہَادَت (śahādat, “martyrdom; testimony”)

 

Further reading

• “شہید”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شہید”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شہيد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.