Where does “šahidgirí” come from?

šahidgirí (Palula) comes from Urdu شہید, from Arabic شَهِيد, from Arabic شَهِدَ, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن — to see; to look.

šahidgirí (Palula): martyrdom

Definitions

  1. martyrdom

Ancestry of “šahidgirí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urduشہیدwitness; martyr
2Arabicشَهِيدwitness, martyr
3Arabicشَهِدَto witness, to bear witness; to witness, to...
4Arabicهhim, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ
5Arabicكَهْرَبَاءelectricity
6Persianکهرباamber
7Persianکاهchaff; straw; hay
8Persianکاستنto decrease
9Proto-Iraniankas-to be small, diminish, lessen
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ-Every word from Proto-Iranian kas-Every word from Persian کاستن