How to say "witness" in Arabic
CognateMeaningwitness
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
شَاهِد
shāhidשאהד
شاهد
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עד
edإِد
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ش-ه-دHebrew root
ש-ה-דStraight out of Genesis 31:47: Laban names the stone-heap יגר שהדותא — Aramaic for "mound of witness" (Hebrew: גלעד). That root ש-ה-ד is Arabic sh-h-d, behind shāhid, shahāda, and shahīd.
Related Hebrew word:שהדותא (ארמית)sahaduta (aramit)سَاهَادُوتَا (أَرَامِيت)
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In a phrase
شَاهِد فِي الْمَحْكَمَة
shāhid fī al-maḥkamaשאהד פי אל-מחכמהa witness in court
Plural
شُهُود
shuhūdשהודbroken plural CuCūC — like قَلْب→قُلُوب; distinct from شُهَدَاء shuhadāʾ, the plural of شَهِيد (martyr)