Where does “شاهد” come from?
شاهد (Persian) comes from Arabic شاهد, 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.
شاهد (Persian): witness; beautiful, pleasant
Definitions
- witness; beautiful, pleasant
Ancestry of “شاهد”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | شاهد | to see (with one’s own eyes), to view, to inspect, to watch, to observe, to witness |
| 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 | to decrease |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |