Shahid (name)
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Shahid or Shaheed |
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| Gender | Male |
| Meaning | Witness or Martyr |
| Region of Origin | Middle East, South Asia |
| Language of Origin | Arabic |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with "Shaheed" |
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Shahid or Shaheed is a Muslim theophoric name, from Ash-Shaheed (الشهيد), one of the 99 names of God in the Qur'an.
As a male given name it is common among Muslims, being also one of the names given to Muhammad. It is the Arabic word شَهيد (šahīd) meaning both witness and martyr.
In India and Pakistan, the two meanings in Arabic have diverged with different pronunciations. Shāhid (SHA-hed) is a noun meaning "witness" in Urdu and Hindi,[1] whereas Shaheed (Shahīd, sha-HEED) means "martyr".[2] In these countries, Shahid is commonly given as a name, whereas Shaheed is less so.
[edit] Notable people named Shahid or Shaheed
Famous people with this name include:
- Shahid Afridi (born 1980), Pakistani cricketer
- Shahid Kapoor (born 1981), Bollywood actor
- Shaheed Latif (1913–1967), Indian film producer
- Shahid (actor), Pakistani actor active from 1971 to 1998
- Mohammed Shahid (born 14 April 1960), Indian field hockey player
- Shahid Parvez Khan (born October 14, 1955), Indian sitar maestro
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[edit] References
- ^ John Platts, A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English, شاهد shāhid
- ^ John Platts, A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English, شہيد shahīd
[edit] See also
- Shahid (disambiguation)
- Shahidi (surname)
- All pages beginning with Shaheed
- All pages beginning with Shahid
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