Where does “şehîd” come from?
şehîd (Zazaki) comes from Persian شهید, from Arabic شَهِيد, from Arabic شَهِدَ, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن — to see; to look.
şehîd (Zazaki): martyr
Ancestry of “şehîd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Persian | شهید | martyr |
| 2 | Arabic | شَهِيد | witness, martyr |
| 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 | — |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |