شهادت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شهادت (šahādat), itself from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda, “testimony, statement; martyrdom”).

Noun

شهادت • (şehadet)

1. testimony, witness, the attestation of a first-hand fact, event, or experience
2. shahada, creed, a reading or statement of belief, a confession of faith
3. martyrdom, the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Muslim faith

Derived terms

• شهادت ایتمك (şehadet etmek, “to bear witness to”)
• شهادتنامه (şehadetname, “testimonial”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: şehadet

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şehadet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4447
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “şehâdet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1178
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شهادت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 737
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Testimonium”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1668
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “شهادت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2883
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şehadet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شهادت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1142

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic شَهِدَ (šahida)

Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda)bor.

Persian شهادت

Borrowed from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda), from شَهِدَ (šahida).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃa.hɑː.ˈðat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɦɑː.d̪ǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɦɑː.d̪ǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːɑː.d̪ǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃɔːɔː.d̪ǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæ.ɦɒː.d̪ǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɦɔ.d̪ǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	šahāḏat
Dari reading?	šahādat
Iranian reading?	šahâdat
Tajik reading?	šahodat

Noun

Dari	شهادت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шаҳодат

شهادت • (šahâdat) (plural شهادت‌ها (šahâdat-hâ))

1. testimony, witness account

   Synonym: گواهی (govâhi)

   شهادت می‌دهم که این خانم هیچ کاری نکرد.

   šahâdat mi-deham ke in xânom hič kâri na-kard.

   I give my word that this lady did not do anything.

2. martyrdom
3. (Islam) shahada

   Synonym: شهادتین (šahâdateyn)