See also: شاہد

Arabic edit

Root
ش ه د (š-h-d)

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃaː.ha.da/
  • (file)

Verb edit

شَاهَدَ (šāhada) III, non-past يُشَاهِدُ‎ (yušāhidu)

  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 edit

Etymology 2 edit

Derived from the active participle of the verb شَهِدَ (šahida).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

شَاهِد (šāhidm (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
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Noun edit

شَاهِد (šāhidm (plural شَوَاهِد (šawāhid))

  1. evidence, piece of evidence
  2. attestation
  3. textual evidence
  4. testimony
  5. upright, oblong tombstone
  6. forefinger, index finger
Declension edit

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic شَاهِد (šāhid).

Noun edit

شاهد (şahid)

  1. witness

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Descendants edit

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Pashto edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic شَاهِد (šāhid).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

شاهد (šâhédm (plural اشهاد)

  1. witness

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic شاهِد (šāhid, witness).

Pronunciation edit

 

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

Noun edit

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]‎[2]:
        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 [the word of] 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]‎[3]:
        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 [the word of] 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 edit

شاهد (šâhed)

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

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ش ه د
2 terms

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic شَاهَدَ (šāhada).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃaː.had/, [ˈʃæː.had]
  • (file)

Verb edit

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

  1. (formal) to watch, to view
    Synonym: حضر (ḥiḍir)
Conjugation edit
    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 edit

From Arabic شَاهِد (šāhid).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃaː.hid/, [ˈʃæː.hɪd]
  • (file)

Noun edit

شاهد (šāhedm (plural شهود (šhūd))

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