شہادت

Urdu

Etymology

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Arabic شَهِدَ (šahida)

Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda)bor.

Classical Persian شَهَادَت (šahādat)bor.

Urdu شَہادَت (śahādat)

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهَادَت (šahādat), borrowed from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda), from شَهِدَ (šahida).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ɦɑː.d̪ət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Syllabification: شَ‧ہا‧دَت

Noun

شَہادَت • (śahādat) f (Hindi spelling शहादत)

1. martyrdom
2. testimony

   Synonyms: گَواہ (gavāh), ساکْشْیَہ (sākśya)

3. (Islam) shahada
4. (rare) creed

Declension

Declension of شہادت
	singular	plural
direct	شہادت (śahādat)	شہادتیں (śahādatẽ)
oblique	شہادت (śahādat)	شہادتوں (śahādatõ)
vocative	شہادت (śahādat)	شہادتو (śahādato)

References

• “شہادت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شہادت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.