martyr

Etymology
From, from , itself a borrowing from , from , later form of.

Noun

 * 1) One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom.
 * 2)  One who sacrifices their life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause.
 * 3)  One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily.
 * 1)  One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily.

Hyponyms

 * , (a martyr for Islam)

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, شَهِيدَة (plural: شُهَدَاء)
 * Aramaic: ܣܗܕܐ
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: шаһит
 * Belarusian: паку́тнік, паку́тніца, му́чальнік, му́чальніца, му́чанік, му́чаніца
 * Bengali: শহীদ
 * Bulgarian:, мъчени́чка
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen: ӏазапхо
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 殉道者
 * Czech:, mučednice
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Erzya: майсиця
 * Esperanto: martiro
 * Estonian: märter
 * Finnish:, shahid
 * French:, , chahîd, chahid
 * Galician: mártir
 * Georgian: წამებული, მოწამე,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, מַרְטִיר ,  , קָדֹושׁ מְעֻנֶּה
 * Hindi:, शहीदा
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: píslarvottur
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: mairtíreach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, シャヒード
 * Kazakh: шаһит, шейіт
 * Korean: 순교자, 샤히드
 * Kumyk: шагьит
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Macedonian: маченик, маченичка
 * Malay: ,
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: matira
 * Norman: martyr
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: мѫченикъ
 * Ottoman Turkish: شهید
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: martair
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мученик, шехид
 * Roman:, šehid
 * Slovak: mučeník, mučeníčka, martýr, martýrka
 * Slovene: mučenik, mučenica
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: шаҳид
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, , şehitler, gaziler, ,
 * Turkmen: şahit
 * Ukrainian: му́ченик, му́чениця
 * Urdu: شہید
 * Uyghur: شاھىت
 * Uzbek:
 * Volapük:,  ,
 * Welsh:
 * Zazaki: şehid


 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: märter
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: martair
 * Serbo-Croatian: мученик,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh:


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: märter
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 受難者
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: martair
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, mücahitler


 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Interlingua:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Urdu:
 * Volapük:

Verb

 * 1)  To make someone into a martyr by putting them to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.
 * 2)  To persecute.
 * 3)  To torment; to torture.
 * 1)  To torment; to torture.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 使殉难,
 * Finnish: tehdä (jostakin) marttyyri
 * French:
 * Hindi: शहीद करना, क़ुरबान करना
 * Malayalam: രക്തസാക്ഷിയാക്കുക
 * Polish: zadać męczeńską śmierć
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:

Etymology
From. Borrowed via from.

Etymology
, borrowed from, from , later form of.

Etymology
From, later form of.

Noun

 * , especially a Christian martyr

Etymology
From, from , later form of.

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , later form of.

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , later form of.

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , later form of.

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , later form of.