chahid شهيد
Moroccan Darija · noun
“chahid” (شهيد) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning martyr.
Meanings
- martyr
- witness (especially God)
Usage
Chahid (often pronounced chhid) means someone who dies for their faith or their country. In popular usage, the term is also applied to a person who died in tragic circumstances, such as a drowning or an accident. The plural is chouhada. It is found in mat chahid ("he died a martyr") and in street and school names. In oaths, Allah chahid ("God is my witness") keeps the older sense of witness. The verb chhed ("to testify") and chahada ("attestation, certificate, diploma") come from the same root.
Example
مابغيتيش تموت شهيد.
mabghitich t mout chahid.
“You don't want to die a martyr.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chahid” but also “ch8id” and “ch8yd”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “chahid” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “martyr”; “fighter killed for independence”: chahid in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “martyr”; “one who died for the homeland”: chahid in Tunisian.