শহীদ

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَهيد (šahīd, literally “witness”), likely through Classical Persian شهید (šahīd). Compare Hindustani شَہِید (śahīd) / शहीद (śahīd).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃoɦid̪/, [ˈʃoɦid̪]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃoɦid̪/, [ˈʃoɦid̪]

Noun

শহীদ • (śohid)

  1. martyr
    শহিদ হওয়া ― śohid hōẇa ― to become a martyr, to be martyred

Declension
Inflection of শহীদ
nominative শহীদ
śohid
objective শহীদকে
śohid (semantically general or indefinite) / śohidke (semantically definite)
genitive শহীদের
śohider
Indefinite forms
nominative শহীদ
śohid
objective শহীদকে
śohid (semantically general or indefinite) / śohidke (semantically definite)
genitive শহীদের
śohider
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative শহীদটা, শহীদটি
śohidṭa (colloquial), śohidṭi (formal)		 শহীদেরা
śohidera
objective শহীদটাকে, শহীদটিকে
śohidṭake (colloquial), śohidṭike (formal)		 শহীদদের(কে)
śohidder(ke)
genitive শহীদটার, শহীদটির
śohidṭar (colloquial), śohidṭir (formal)		 শহীদদের
śohidder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms
  • শহিদমিনার (śohidminar)
  • শহীদত্ব (śohidotto)

References
  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “শহীদ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • Accessible Dictionary, শহিদ, Government of Bangladesh
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