Shahid
GenderMale
Language(s)Arabic
Origin
MeaningWitness in Arabic and Beloved in Persian
Region of originSouth Asia, Middle East
Other names
Alternative spellingShahed, Shaheed
Related namesShahida

Shahid or Shahed (Arabic: شاهد šāhid) is a given name translating to "Witness" in Arabic and "Beloved" in Persian, mostly found in South Asia. Also in Quranic Arabic word meaning "witness".

It is derived form the same root š-h-d (c.f. Shahadah).[1]

Shahid is a Muslim boy name and it is Arabic in origin. The name is most common in Asian countries like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

Not to be confused with a different word, a religious term, written and pronounced differently, Shaheed (Arabic: شهيد šahīd, plural: شُهَدَاء šuhadāʾ; female: šaheeda), originates from the Quranic Arabic word meaning "martyre". The term Shaheed (Arabic: شَهيد šahīd), "martyr", is used as A martyr who is slain in the cause of God's religion; one who is slain by unbelievers in the field of battle; one who is slain fighting in the cause of God's religion.

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References

  1. ↑ "One who tells, or gives information of, what he has witnessed, or seen or beheld with his eye; one who declares what he know [...] a witness, as meaning one who gives testimony, or evidence; who bears witness; [...]The witness against those to whom he has been sent." Lane, Arabic-English Lexicon (1863) I.1611.

See also

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