شهادت
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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شهادت (šahādat), itself from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda, “testimony, statement; martyrdom”).
Noun
شهادت • (şehadet)
- testimony, witness, the attestation of a first-hand fact, event, or experience
- shahada, creed, a reading or statement of belief, a confession of faith
- martyrdom, the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Muslim faith
Derived terms
- شهادت ایتمك (şehadet etmek, “to bear witness to”)
- شهادتنامه (şehadetname, “testimonial”)
Descendants
- Turkish: şehadet
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şehadet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4447
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “şehâdet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1178
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شهادت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 737
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Testimonium”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1668
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “شهادت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2883
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şehadet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شهادت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1142
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda), from شَهِدَ (šahida).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | šahāḏat |
| Dari reading? | šahādat |
| Iranian reading? | šahâdat |
| Tajik reading? | šahodat |
Noun
| Dari | شهادت |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | шаҳодат |