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 |
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| 1 | Arabic | شاهد | to see , to view, to inspect, to watch, to... |
| 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 |
Words derived from “شاهد”