Shaheed
Origin
From Arabic شهيد shaheed, literally "witness".
Full definition of shaheed
Noun
shaheed
(plural shaheeds)- An Islamic or Sikh martyr, one who has died fulfilling a religious commandment and is thus promised a place in Paradise.
- 2007, January 16, Joan Dupont, For a Director on the Rise, Sarajevo’s War Years Linger, She has told the child that her father was a shaheed, a martyr, concealing the real story of her brutal conception.