shaheed

English

Etymology

From Arabic شهيد shaheed, literally "witness".

Noun

shaheed (plural shaheeds)

1. An Islamic or Sikh martyr, one who has died fulfilling a religious commandment and is thus promised a place in Paradise.
   • 2007 January 16, Joan Dupont, “For a Director on the Rise, Sarajevo’s War Years Linger”, New York Times:

     She has told the child that her father was a shaheed, a martyr, concealing the real story of her brutal conception.

Translations

Alternative forms

• shahid