shaheed
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Arabic شَهِيد (šahīd, “martyr, witness”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editshaheed (plural shaheeds)
- 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”, in New York Times[1]:
- She has told the child that her father was a shaheed, a martyr, concealing the real story of her brutal conception.
Translations
editIslamic or Sikh martyr