Where does “شهيد” come from?
شهيد (Arabic) comes from Arabic شَهِدَ, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن, from Proto-Iranian kas-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- — to see; to look.
شهيد (Arabic): witness; martyr; anyone killed in action
Definitions
- witness; martyr; anyone killed in action
Ancestry of “شهيد”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | شَهِدَ | to witness, to bear witness; to witness, to... |
| 2 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 3 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 4 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 5 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 6 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |