martir

See also: Martir, mártir, mártír, and màrtir

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• kemartiran

Further reading

• “martir”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Middle English

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Descendants

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

Old English

Noun

martir m

1. alternative form of martyr.

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marˈtir/

Noun

martir m (plural martiri, feminine equivalent martiră)

1. martyr

   Synonym: jertfă

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	martir	martirul		martiri	martirii
genitive-dative	martir	martirului		martiri	martirilor
vocative	martirule			martirilor

Related terms

• martiriu

See also

• martor

References

• “martir”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Tagalog

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

martír (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔)

1. martyr

Related terms

• martirisa
• martiryo
• martiryolohiya
• Trece Martires

Further reading

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