Meaning & use
shaheed
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a martyr, especially one who has died for a religious or political cause, in Islamic and Arabic-influenced usage.
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The memorial was built to honor the shaheed who died defending the village.
News reports referred to the fallen soldier as a shaheed in his community.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from Arabic 'shahid', literally 'witness', the term appears widely in English-language media covering the Middle East and South Asia.
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