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
- martyrdom
Ancestry of “šahidgirí”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urdu | شہید | witness; martyr |
| 2 | Arabic | شَهِيد | witness, martyr |
| 3 | Arabic | شَهِدَ | to witness, to bear witness; to witness, to... |
| 4 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 5 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 6 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 7 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 8 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |