What is shaheed?

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What is shaheed?

Post by transferedposts » Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:30 am

What is shaheed?

shaheed or shahid

copied from:

http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shaheed

shaheed - Arabic term for holy martyrs.


copied from:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shaheed

Noun

shaheed (plural shaheeds)

An Islamic martyr, one who has died fulfilling a religious commandment and is thus promised a place in Paradise.


Etymology
shaheed - literally translates to "witness".
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