Where does “شہید” come from?
شہید (Urdu) comes from Arabic شَهِيد, 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.
شہید (Urdu): witness; martyr
Definitions
- witness; martyr
Ancestry of “شہید”, step by step
شہید traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Arabic شَهِيد
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | شَهِيد | witness, martyr |
| 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 |
via Classical Persian شَهِید
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | شَهِید | — |