شاهد

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaː.ha.da/

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Verb

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.

Conjugation

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaː.hid/

Noun

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

1. witness, one giving evidence

   Synonym: شَهِيد (šahīd)

   شَاهِد عِيَان ― šāhid ʕiyān ― eyewitness

2. notary public

Declension

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: şahid
• → Persian: شاهد
  • → Bashkir: шаһит (şahit)
  • → Hindustani: śāhid

    Hindi: शाहिद (śāhid)

    Urdu: شاہد

  • → Pashto: شاهد (šāhéd)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਹਦ (śāhad)

    Shahmukhi script: شاہد (śāhid)

  • → Uzbek: shohid
  • → Ottoman Turkish: شاهد
    • Turkish: şahit

Noun

شَاهِد • (šāhid) m (plural شَوَاهِد (šawāhid))

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

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic شَاهِد (šāhid).

Noun

شاهد • (şahid)

1. witness

Related terms

• شاهدلك (şahidlik, “testimony”)

Descendants

• Turkish: şahit

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شاهد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1112
• https://books.google.com/books?id=BpVFAAAAcAAJ page 831

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic شَاهِد (šāhid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑˈhed/

Noun

شاهد • (šâhéd) m (plural اشهاد)

1. witness

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شاهِد (šāhid, “witness”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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]‎:

        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 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]‎:

        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 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.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Bashkir: шаһит (şahit)
• → Hindustani: śāhid

  Hindi: शाहिद (śāhid)

  Urdu: شاہد

• → Pashto: شاهد (šāhéd)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਹਦ (śāhad)

  Shahmukhi script: شاہد (śāhid)

• → Uzbek: shohid

Adjective

شاهد • (šâhed)

1. (obsolete) beautiful, pleasant

   Synonyms: زیبا (zibâ), خوش (xoš), قشنگ (qašang), نیک (nik)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic شَاهَدَ (šāhada).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaː.had/,

• Audio (al-Lidd)

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Verb

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

1. (formal) to watch, to view

   Synonym: حضر (ḥiḍir)

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Arabic شَاهِد (šāhid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaː.hid/,

• Audio (Ramallah)

  (file)

Noun

شاهد • (šāhed) m (plural شهود (šhūd))

1. witness

   شاهد عيان ― šāhed ʕayān ― eyewitness

2. index finger, forefinger

See also

• (Fingers) أصابع‎ (ʔaṣābeʕ); الأصبع الكبير (il-ʔuṣbaʕ li-kbīr, “thumb”), شاهد (šāhed, “index finger”), الأصبع النصاني (il-ʔuṣbaʕ in-nuṣṣāni, “the middle finger”), بنصر (bonṣor, “ring finger”), خنصر (ḵonṣor, “little finger”), ^{(Category: ajp:Fingers)}