Where does “مهشید” come from?
مهشید (Persian) comes from Persian شید, from Urdu شہید, from Arabic شَهِيد, from Arabic شَهِدَ, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه — to see; to look.
مهشید (Persian): the moon; moonlight
Ancestry of “مهشید”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Persian | شید | bright |
| 2 | Urdu | شہید | witness; martyr |
| 3 | Arabic | شَهِيد | witness, martyr |
| 4 | Arabic | شَهِدَ | to witness, to bear witness; to witness, to... |
| 5 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 6 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 7 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 8 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 9 | Persian | کاستن | — |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |