Definition of Shaheed

1. Noun. Arabic term for holy martyrs; applied by Palestinians to suicide bombers.

Category relationships: Arabic, Arabic Language
Generic synonyms: Martyr, Sufferer

Definition of Shaheed

1. Noun. An Islamic martyr, one who has died fulfilling a religious commandment and is thus promised a place in Paradise. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shaheed

shagpile
shagreen patch
shagreen patches
shagreen skin
shagreened
shagreens
shagroon
shagroons
shags
shahada
shahadah
shahdom
shahdoms
shaheed (current term)
shaheeds
shaheen
shaheens
shahid
shahids
shahin
shahins
shahs
shahtoosh
shahtooshes
shahtush
shaik
shaikh
shaikhs

Literary usage of Shaheed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Crime Or Custom?: Violence Against Women in Pakistan by Samya Burney, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999)
"According to doctors at the main medicolegal center, Abbassi shaheed hospital was ... The scheduled shifts for female medicolegal doctors at Abbassi shaheed ..."

2. A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical, Political, and by James Bell (1832)
"Nigh this—the forest of the Kirghiz—a defile opens up, which leads to the tomb of shaheed-oola-khodja. A day's journey (in the French edition of this, ..."

3. Double Jeopardy: Police Abuse of Women in Pakistan by Asia Watch Committee (U.S.), Asia Watch Committee (U.S. (1992)
"See Khawar Mumtaz and Farida shaheed, Women of Pakistan: Two Steps Forward, ... (hereinafter Mumtaz and shaheed). In 1918, both the Congress and the Muslim ..."

4. Rice Genetics II: Proceedings of the Second International Rice Genetics by International Rice Research Institute (1991)
"... shaheed Jeet Singh Marg New Delhi 110067 Suresh Nair International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Nil Campus, shaheed Jeet Singh Marg ..."

5. Moon-o-theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume II of II by Yoel Natan (2006)
"Also spelled shaheed. | Sharia law | A body of religious laws enforced ... 4780 Abu Toameh, K. "My son is an angel, not a shaheed," jpost.com, 21 Mar 2004. ..."

6. Mohamedan Law Relating to Marriage, Dower, Divorce, Legitimacy and by Muhammad Yūsuf, Ḣasan ibn Manṡür (1895)
"... to realise from her the amount of the maintenance, whether the woman gives herself in marriage to him or not : this is laid down by Sudr-ool shaheed. ..."

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