شہید

See also: شهید and شهيد

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَهِيد (šahīd), literally "witness".

Noun

شَہِید • (śahīd) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਹੀਦ)

1. martyr
   • Bhai Gurdas, translation by Dr Jodh Singh, Varan Bhai Gurdas, page 3:

     مردہ ہوئے مرید نہ گلیں ہوونا صابر صدق شہید بھرم بھؤ کھوونا

     murdā hoe murīd na galī̃ hovṇā sābar sidak shahīd bharam bhau khovṇā

     Only by becoming dead in life, i.e. totally detached, and not through mere verbal jargon one can become a true disciple. One could be such a person only after getting sacrificed for truth and contentment and by eschewing delusions and fears.

Related terms

• شہادت (shahādat)

Proper noun

شہید • (shahīd) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਹੀਦ)

1. shaheed (a title)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَهِيد (šahīd) (through Classical Persian شهید (šahīd)).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. martyr

   Synonym: ویر (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	شہید (śahīd)	شہید (śahīd)
oblique	شہید (śahīd)	شہیدوں (śahīdō̃)
vocative	شہید (śahīd)	شہیدو (śahīdō)

Related terms

Related terms

• شاہد (śahid, “witness”)
• شہادت (śahādat, “martyrdom; testimony”)

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, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شہيد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.