শহীদ

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَهيد (šahīd, literally “witness”), likely through Classical Persian شهید (šahīd). Compare Hindustani شَہِید (śahīd) / शहीद (śahīd).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃohid̪/, [ˈʃohid̪]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃohid̪/, [ˈʃohid̪]

Noun

শহীদ • (śohid)

1. martyr

   শহিদ হওয়া ― śohid hōẇa ― to become a martyr, to be martyred

Declension

Inflection of শহীদ
nominative	শহীদ śohid
objective	শহীদকে śohid (semantically general or indefinite) / śohidke (semantically definite)
genitive	শহীদের śohider
	Indefinite forms
nominative	শহীদ śohid
objective	শহীদকে śohid (semantically general or indefinite) / śohidke (semantically definite)
genitive	শহীদের śohider
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	শহীদটা, শহীদটি śohidṭa (colloquial), śohidṭi (formal)		শহীদেরা śohidera
objective	শহীদটাকে, শহীদটিকে śohidṭake (colloquial), śohidṭike (formal)		শহীদদের(কে) śohidder(ke)
genitive	শহীদটার, শহীদটির śohidṭar (colloquial), śohidṭir (formal)		শহীদদের śohidder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• শহিদমিনার (śohidminar)
• শহীদত্ব (śohidotto)

 

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “শহীদ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• Accessible Dictionary, শহিদ, Government of Bangladesh