شہید

See also: شهید and شهيد

Punjabi

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهِید (šahīd), borrowed from Arabic شَهِيد (šahīd), from شَهِدَ (šahida).

    Noun

    شَہِید • (śahīdm (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਹੀਦ)

    1. martyr

    Proper noun

    شَہِید • (śahīdm (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਹੀਦ)

    1. shaheed (a title)

    Urdu

    Etymology

  • Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهِید (šahīd), borrowed from Arabic شَهِيد (šahīd), from شَهِدَ (šahida).

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃə.ɦiːd̪/
    • Rhymes: -iːd̪
    • Hyphenation: شَ‧ہِید

    Adjective

    شَہِید • (śahīd) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling शहीद)

    1. martyred
    2. (Islam) demolished, destroyed (of a minaret, mosque etc.)

    Noun

    شَہِید • (śahīdm (formal plural شُہَدَا (śuhadā), Hindi spelling शहीद)

    1. martyr
      Synonym: وِیر (vīr)
    2. (religion) An epithet for God.
    3. (figuratively) a lover
    4. (figuratively) an injured person
    5. (literally) a witness; one who bears witness

    Declension

    Declension of شہید
    singular plural
    direct شَہِید (śahīd) شَہِید (śahīd)
    oblique شَہِید (śahīd) شَہِیدوں (śahīdõ)
    vocative شَہِید (śahīd) شَہِیدو (śahīdo)

    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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “شہيد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.