martyrdom

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• UK: /ˈmɑː(ɹ).tə(ɹ).dəm/
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From Middle English martyrdome, martirdom, marterdom, from Old English martyrdōm (“martyrdom”), corresponding to martyr + -dom. Cognate with German Märtyrertum (“martyrdom”), Danish martyrdom (“martyrdom”), Swedish martyrdom (“martyrdom”), Norwegian martyrdom (“martyrdom”).

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شَهَادَة (šahāda) — condition of a martyr
• Azerbaijani: şəhidlik — condition of a martyr
• Belarusian: паку́тніцтва (pakútnictva) — condition of a martyr
• Belarusian: му́чаніцтва (múčanictva) — condition of a martyr
• Bulgarian: мъчени́чество (mǎčeníčestvo) — condition of a martyr
• Catalan: martiri — condition of a martyr
• Chinese Mandarin: 殉難 /殉难 (xùnnàn) — condition of a martyr
• Chinese Mandarin: 殉教 (xùnjiào) — condition of a martyr
• Chinese Mandarin: 殉道 (xùndào) — condition of a martyr
• Czech: mučednictví — condition of a martyr
• Finnish: marttyyrius — condition of a martyr
• French: martyre — condition of a martyr
• Georgian: მოწამეობა (moc̣ameoba) — condition of a martyr
• German: Märtyrertod — condition of a martyr
• Greek: μαρτύριο (martýrio) — condition of a martyr
• Hindi: वीरगति (vīragti) — condition of a martyr
• Hindi: शहादत (śahādat) — condition of a martyr
• Hindi: शहीदी (śahīdī) — condition of a martyr
• Hindi: कुरबानी (kurbānī) — condition of a martyr
• Hungarian: mártíromság — condition of a martyr
• Hungarian: vértanúság — condition of a martyr
• Indonesian: kemartiran — condition of a martyr
• Japanese: 殉教 (junkyō) — condition of a martyr
• Korean: 순교 (sun'gyo) — condition of a martyr
• Macedonian: мачеништво (mačeništvo) — condition of a martyr
• Malayalam: രക്തസാക്ഷിത്വം (raktasākṣitvaṁ) — condition of a martyr
• Malayalam: വീരമൃത്യു (vīramr̥tyu) — condition of a martyr
• Malayalam: ആത്മത്യാഗം (ātmatyāgaṁ) — condition of a martyr
• Māori: matiratanga — condition of a martyr
• Iranian Persian: شَهادَت (šahâdat) — condition of a martyr
• Polish: męczeństwo — condition of a martyr
• Punjabi: ਸ਼ਹਾਦਤ (śahādat) — condition of a martyr
• Punjabi: شَہَادَت (śahādat) — condition of a martyr
• Romanian: martiriu — condition of a martyr
• Russian: му́ченичество (múčeničestvo) — condition of a martyr
• Scottish Gaelic: martarachd — condition of a martyr
• Serbo-Croatian: му̏ченӣштво — condition of a martyr
• Serbo-Croatian: mȕčenīštvo — condition of a martyr
• Slovak: mučeníctvo — condition of a martyr
• Slovene: mučeništvo — condition of a martyr
• Spanish: martirio — condition of a martyr
• Swedish: martyrskap — condition of a martyr
• Tajik: шаҳодат (šahodat) — condition of a martyr
• Turkish: şehitlik — condition of a martyr
• Turkish: şehadet — condition of a martyr
• Ottoman Turkish: شهادت (şehadet) — condition of a martyr
• Ukrainian: му́чеництво (múčenyctvo) — condition of a martyr
• Urdu: شَہادَت (śahādat) — condition of a martyr
• Uzbek: shahodat — condition of a martyr
• Volapük: martür — condition of a martyr
• Volapük: matür — condition of a martyr
• Catalan: martiri — great suffering
• Chinese Mandarin: 折磨 (zhémo) — great suffering
• Chinese Mandarin: 痛苦 (tòngkǔ) — great suffering
• Chinese Mandarin: 受苦 (shòukǔ) — great suffering
• Czech: mučení — great suffering
• Finnish: marttyyrius — great suffering
• French: martyre — great suffering
• Greek: μαρτύριο (martýrio) — great suffering
• Polish: męka — great suffering
• Russian: му́ка (múka) — great suffering
• Scottish Gaelic: martarachd — great suffering
• Spanish: martirio — great suffering