
Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb
This is actually from Greek "witness", μάρτυρας applied to early Christians; it made it to Arabic شهيد via the Aramaic ܣܳܗܕܐ. — PolitiTweet.org
Persian Poetry in English @PersianPoetics
Both ‘martyr’ and ‘shahid’ شهید mean ‘witness’ as those who testified for their faith were often killed. https://t.co/ID6FWNJhFJ