شہید

Borrowed from Arabic شَهِيد (šahīd), literally "witness".

شَہِید • (śahīd) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਹੀਦ)

1. martyr
   • Bhai Gurdas, translation by Dr Jodh Singh, Varan Bhai Gurdas, page 3:

     مردہ ہوئے مرید نہ گلیں ہوونا صابر صدق شہید بھرم بھؤ کھوونا

     murdā hoe murīd na galī̃ hovṇā sābar sidak shahīd bharam bhau khovṇā

     Only by becoming dead in life, i.e. totally detached, and not through mere verbal jargon one can become a true disciple. One could be such a person only after getting sacrificed for truth and contentment and by eschewing delusions and fears.

• شہادت (shahādat)

شہید • (shahīd) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਹੀਦ)

1. shaheed (a title)

Borrowed from Arabic شَهِيد (šahīd) (through Classical Persian شهید (šahīd)).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ɦiːd̪/
• Rhymes: -iːd̪
• Hyphenation: شَ‧ہِید

شَہِید • (śahīd) m (formal plural شُہَدَا (śuhadā), Hindi spelling शहीद)

1. martyr

   Synonym: ویر (vīr)

2. (religion) An epithet for God.
3. (figuratively) a lover
4. (figuratively) an injured person
5. (literally) a witness; one who bears witness

• “شہید”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شہید”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شہيد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.