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شہید. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
شہید, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
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Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهِید (šahīd), from Arabic شَهِيد (šahīd).
Noun
شَہِید • (śahīd) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਹੀਦ)
- martyr
Proper noun
شَہِید • (śahīd) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਹੀਦ)
- shaheed (a title)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهِید (šahīd), from Arabic شَهِيد (šahīd).
Pronunciation
Noun
شَہِید • (śahīd) m (formal plural شُہَدَا (śuhadā), Hindi spelling शहीद)
- martyr
- Synonym: وِیر (vīr)
- (religion) An epithet for God.
- (figuratively) a lover
- (figuratively) an injured person
- (literally) a witness; one who bears witness
Declension
| Declension of شہید
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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شہید (śahīd)
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شہید (śahīd)
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| oblique
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شہید (śahīd)
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شہیدوں (śahīdõ)
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| vocative
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شہید (śahīd)
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شہیدو (śahīdo)
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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 , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شہيد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.