shahada

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda, witnessing).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ʃɑˈhɑdə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: sha‧ha‧da

Noun

shahada (usually uncountable, plural shahadas or shahadat)

  1. (Islam, especially theosophy) The Islamic declaration of belief in the unity of God, one of the five pillars, the formal content of which is the kalima (a minimal Islamic creed).

Translations

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda, witnessing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃà.háː.dàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʃə̀.háː.dàː]

Noun

shàhādā̀ f (plural shahādōdī, possessed form shàhādàr̃)

  1. (Islam) shahada
  2. (Islam) martyrdom, death in a holy war
  3. certificate
    Synonym: satifikat

Portuguese

Noun

shahada f (plural shahadas)

  1. Alternative spelling of chahada

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

shahada (n class, plural shahada)

  1. testament, evidence
  2. diploma, certificate
  3. (Islam) shahada (declaration of faith)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda, witnessing).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʃaˈhada/ [ʃɐˈha.dɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: sha‧ha‧da

Noun

shahada (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜑᜇ) (Islam)

  1. shahada (Islamic declaration of belief)
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