shaheed

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shaheed^¹

/ʃəˈhiːd/

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From Arabic شَهِيد (šahīd, “martyr, witness”).

noun shaheeds · shahed · shahid

An Islamic or Sikh martyr, one who has died fulfilling a religious commandment and is thus promised a place in Paradise. She has told the child that her father was a shaheed, a martyr, concealing the real story of her brutal conception.

Shaheed^²

proper noun Shaheeds

A surname.

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noun Islamic or Sikh martyr

हिन्दी	शहीद śahīd
Kiswahili	shahidi
Français	chahîd, chahid
Русский	шахид šaxid
العربية	شَهِيد šahīd, شَهِيدَة šahīda
עברית	שָׁהִיד shahíd

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@misc{shaheed_2026,
  title = {shaheed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shaheed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}