What does "shaheed" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "shaheed"?

Common synonyms include: martyr.

//ʃəˈhiːd// name, noun

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Noun

1
An Islamic or Sikh martyr, one who has died fulfilling a religious commandment and is thus promised a place in Paradise.
"She has told the child that her father was a shaheed, a martyr, concealing the real story of her brutal conception."
2
Arabic term for holy martyrs wordnet

Proper Noun

"She has told the child that her father was a shaheed, a martyr, concealing the real story of her brutal conception."

From Arabic شَهِيد (šahīd, “martyr, witness”).

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