Shahid (name)
Gender | Male |
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Language(s) | Arabic |
Origin | |
Meaning | Witness in Arabic and Beloved in Persian |
Region of origin | South Asia, Middle East |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Shahed, Shaheed |
Related names | Shahida |
Shahid or Shahed (Arabic: شاهد šāhid) is a given name translating to "Witness" in Arabic and "Beloved" in Persian, mostly found in South Asia.
Shahid, or Shaheed (Arabic: شهيد šahīd, plural: شُهَدَاء šuhadāʾ ; female: šahīda), originates from the Quranic Arabic word meaning "witness" and is also used to denote a martyr in Islam. The word shahid in Arabic means "witness".
It is derived form the same[clarification needed] root š-h-d (c.f. Shahadah).[1] It is also used as a surname, Aš-šāhid الشهيد "the witness"
Shahid is a Muslim boy name and it is Arabic in origin with multiple meanings. The name is most famous[clarification needed] in Asian countries like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
The related term Shahid (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, so called because the angels of mercy are present with him; because the angels are present at the washing of his corpse, or at the removal of his soul to Paradise; or because God and his angels are witnesses for him of his title to a place in Paradise; or because he is one of those who shall be required to bear witness on the day of resurrection.[citation needed]
People Named Shahid[]
Given name[]
- Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (born 1958), politician and Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Shahid Afridi (born 1980), Pakistani cricketer
- Shahid Ahmed (born 1988), Pakistani footballer
- Shahid Ahmed (cricketer) (born 1975), cricket player
- Shahid Azmi (1977-2010), Indian lawyer and human rights activist
- Shaheed Kader, Indian film director
- Shahid Kapoor (born 1981), Bollywood actor
- Shahid Khan (born 1952), Pakistani-American billionaire
- Shaheed Latif (1913–1967), Indian film producer
- Shahid Parvez Khan (born 1955), Indian sitar player
- Shaied Nazir (born 1980), convicted of the racially motivated murder of Ross Parker
- Shahid Mahmood (1939–2020), Pakistani cricketer
Stage name[]
- Shahid (actor), Pakistani actor active from 1971 to 1998
Surname[]
- Abdulla Shahid Maldivian MP
- Imran Shahid, ringleader of gang responsible for the racially motivated murder of Kriss Donald in Scotland
- Leila Shahid, Palestinian diplomat
- Mohammed Shahid (born 14 April 1960), Indian field hockey player
- Munib Shahid, Chairman of Hematology and Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine of the American University of Beirut
- Serene Husseini Shahid; writer, promoter of Palestinian costumes.
- Zeeshan Shahid, convicted of the racially motivated murder of Kriss Donald in Scotland
References[]
- ^ "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[]
Look up شهد or شاهد in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Look up Shaheed or Shahid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- Shahid (disambiguation)
- Shahidi (surname)
- All pages beginning with Shaheed
- All pages beginning with Shahid
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- Surnames
- Arabic-language surnames
- Arabic masculine given names
- Masculine given names
- Bengali Muslim surnames