shahada

Borrowed from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda, “witnessing”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ʃɑˈhɑdə/

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• Hyphenation: sha‧ha‧da

shahada (usually uncountable, plural shahadas or shahadat)

1. (Islam, especially theosophy) 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.

Borrowed from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda, “witnessing”).

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

shàhādā̀ f (plural shahādōdī, possessed form shàhādàr̃)

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

   Synonym: satifikat

shahada f (plural shahadas)

1. alternative spelling of chahada

Borrowed from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda).

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shahada class IX (plural shahada class X)

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

• (certificate): cheti

• kidole cha shahada

• shahidi

• shahadah, shahaadah
• syahada

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda, “witnessing”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈhada/ [ʃɐˈhaː.d̪ɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /sjaˈhada/ [sjɐˈhaː.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: sha‧ha‧da

shahada (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜑᜇ) (Islam)

1. shahada (Islamic declaration of belief)