شاهد

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Arabic

Root
ش ه د (š h d)
11 terms

Etymology 1

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʃaː.ha.da/
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    Verb

    شَاهَدَ (šāhada) III (non-past يُشَاهِدُ (yušāhidu), verbal noun مُشَاهَدَة (mušāhada))

    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

    Noun

    شَاهِد (šāhidm pers (plural شُهُود (šuhūd) or شَاهِدُونَ (šāhidūna) or أَشْهَاد (ʔašhād) or شُهَّد (šuhhad), feminine شَاهِدَة (šāhida))

    1. witness, one giving evidence
      Synonym: شَهِيد (šahīd)
      شَاهِد عِيَانšāhid ʕiyāneyewitness
    2. notary public
    Declension
    Descendants

    Noun

    شَاهِد (šāhidm npers (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

    Borrowed from Arabic شَاهِد (šāhid, witness).

    Noun

    شاهد (şâhid) (definite accusative شاهدی (şâhidi), plural شهود (şühud) or شواهد (şevâhid))

    1. witness, attester, one who sees or has personal knowledge of something
      Synonyms: طانق (tanık, danık), كواه (güvâh)

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    Further reading

    Pashto

    Etymology

    From Arabic شَاهِد (šāhid).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    شاهد (šâhédm (plural اشهاد)

    1. witness

    Persian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic شاهِد (šāhid, witness).

    Pronunciation

    Readings
    Classical reading? šāhiḏ
    Dari reading? šāhid
    Iranian reading? šâhed
    Tajik reading? šohid

    Noun

    Dari شاهِد
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik шоҳид

    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.

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    Adjective

    شاهد (šâhed)

    1. (obsolete) beautiful, pleasant
      Synonyms: زیبا (zibâ), خوش (xoš), قشنگ (qašang), نیک (nik)

    South Levantine Arabic

    Root
    ش ه د
    2 terms

    Etymology 1

    From Arabic شَاهَدَ (šāhada).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

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

    1. (formal) to watch, to view
      Synonym: حضر (ḥiḍir)
    Conjugation
        Conjugation of شاهد (šāhad)
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    past m شاهدت (šāhadt) شاهدت (šāhadt) شاهد (šāhad) شاهدنا (šāhadna) شاهدتو (šāhadtu) شاهدو (šāhadu)
    f شاهدتي (šāhadti) شاهدت (šāhadat)
    present m بشاهد (bašāhed) بتشاهد (bitšāhed) بشاهد (bišāhed) منشاهد (minšāhed) بتشاهدو (bitšāhdu) بشاهدو (bišāhdu)
    f بتشاهدي (bitšāhdi) بتشاهد (bitšāhed)
    subjunctive m اشاهد (ašāhed) تشاهد (tšāhed) يشاهد (yšāhed) نشاهد (nšāhed) تشاهدو (tšāhdu) يشاهدو (yšāhdu)
    f تشاهدي (tšāhdi) تشاهد (tšāhed)
    imperative m شاهد (šāhed) شاهدو (šāhdu)
    f شاهدي (šāhdi)

    Etymology 2

    From Arabic شَاهِد (šāhid).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    شاهد (šāhedm (plural شهود (šhūd))

    1. witness
      شاهد عيانšāhed ʕayāneyewitness
    2. index finger, forefinger
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