شهيد

Senso (Inglese)

1. (archaic) witness
2. martyr

Concetti

martire

shahid

sinonimi

شهید

شهيدة

Traduzioni

mártir

martyr

martyr

şehit

mártir

martelaar

Märtyrer

martelares

şehîd

chahid

màrtir

μάρτυρας

ιερομάρτυρας

martyr

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ʃa.hiːd/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From the form I verb شَهِدَ (šahida, “to witness, to bear witness”), from the root ش ه د (š h d). Semantic evolution from "witness" to "martyr" is probably calqued from Ancient Greek μάρτυς (mártus).
Cognate with Hebrew שָׂהֵד (sahéd).