shahada

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda, witnessing).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ʃɑˈhɑdə/
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  • Hyphenation: sha‧ha‧da

Noun

shahada (usually uncountable, plural shahadas or shahadat)

  1. (Islam, especially theosophy) The Islamic declaration of belief in the unity of God, one of the five pillars, the formal content of which is the kalima (a minimal Islamic creed).

Translations

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda, witnessing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃà.háː.dàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key):

Noun

shàhādā̀ f (plural shahādōdī, possessed form shàhādàr̃)

  1. (Islam) shahada
  2. (Islam) martyrdom, death in a holy war
  3. certificate
    Synonym: satifikat

Portuguese

Noun

shahada f (plural shahadas)

  1. Alternative spelling of chahada

Swahili

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda).

Pronunciation

Noun

shahada class IX (plural shahada class X)

  1. testament, evidence
  2. diploma, certificate
  3. (Islam) shahada (declaration of faith)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda, witnessing).

Pronunciation

Noun

shahada (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜑᜇ) (Islam)

  1. shahada (Islamic declaration of belief)