Where does “شاہد” come from?
شاہد (Urdu) comes from Persian شاهد, from Arabic شاهد, from Arabic شَهِدَ, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن — to see; to look.
شاہد (Urdu): witness
Definitions
- witness
Ancestry of “شاہد”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | شاهد | witness; beautiful, pleasant |
| 2 | Arabic | شاهد | to see (with one’s own eyes), to view, to inspect, to watch, to observe, to witness |
| 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 |