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shahada

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Qualifier: especially theosophy

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic شَهِدَ (šahida) Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda)bor. English shahada Borrowed from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda, “witnessing”).

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: shehadet — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Arabic: شَهَادَة (šahāda) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Armenian: շահադա (šahada) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Assamese: শ্বাহাদাহ (sahadah) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Azerbaijani: şəhadət — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Azerbaijani: kəlmeyi-şəhadət — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Azerbaijani: шәһадет — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Bashkir: шәһәҙәт (şəhəźət) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Bengali: শাহাদাহ্ (śahadah) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Bulgarian: шехадет (šehadet) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Chechen: шахӏадат (šahadat) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Chinese Mandarin: 清真言 (qīngzhēnyán) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Chinese Mandarin: 作證詞 /作证词 (zuòzhèngcí) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Chinese Mandarin: 作證言 /作证言 (zuòzhèngyán) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Danish: shahadah — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Dhivehi: ޝަހާދަތް (šahādat̊) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Dutch: shahadah — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Esperanto: ŝahado — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Estonian: šahada — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Finnish: šahada — Islamic declaration of belief
  • French: chahada — Islamic declaration of belief
  • French: shahada — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Georgian: შაჰადა (šahada) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • German: Schahada — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Greek: σαχάντα (sachánta) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Hausa: shahada — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Hebrew: שהאדה (shahada) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Hindi: शहादत (śahādat) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Indonesian: syahadat — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Italian: shahada — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Japanese: シャハーダ (shahāda) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Kazakh: шаһада (şahada) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Korean: 샤하다 (syahada) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Northern Kurdish: şehadet — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Northern Kurdish: şehade — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Kyrgyz: шахада (şahada) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Latvian: šahāda — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Macedonian: шехадет (šehadet) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Malay: syahadah — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjahádah — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Norwegian Bokmål: shahada — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Norwegian Bokmål: shahadah — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Pashto: شهادت (šahādat) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Persian: شهادت (šahâdat) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Polish: szahada — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Portuguese: chahada — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Punjabi: ਸ਼ਹਾਦਾ (śahādā) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Romanian: șahada — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Russian: шаха́да (šaxáda) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Serbo-Croatian: шеха́дет — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Serbo-Croatian: šehádet — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Slovak: šaháda — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Spanish: shahada — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Swahili: shahada — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Tajik: шаҳодат (šahodat) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Tatar: шәһадәт (şähadät) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Turkish: şehadet — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Turkish: kelime-i şehadet — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Ottoman Turkish: شهادت (şehadet) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Turkmen: şahadat — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Urdu: شَہادَت (śahādat) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Uyghur: شاھادەت (shahadet) — Islamic declaration of belief
  • Uzbek: shahodat — Islamic declaration of belief