Where does “شهید” come from?
شهید (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic شَهِيد, from Arabic شَهِدَ, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن, from Proto-Iranian kas- — to see; to look.
شهید (Ottoman Turkish): martyr
Ancestry of “شهید”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | شَهِيد | witness, martyr |
| 2 | Arabic | شَهِدَ | to witness, to bear witness; to witness, to... |
| 3 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 4 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 5 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 6 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 7 | Persian | کاستن | — |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |