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TIL… Shahed means Witness in Farsi, a reasonable name for a drone. I’d mistakenly assumed it meant martyr (shaheed, in Urdu too) and read too much into the kamikaze drone headlines A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
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Its called Shahid, the e is i in our Indian pronounciation. Shahid is a fairly common name among urdu speaking people in the sub continent. Shahid Afridi, the cricketer. Im sure you would have heard the name. There is a actor called Shahid Kapoor as well.
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Etymology of the words is same. Its from 'Ash hadu'. First phrase of the Islamic creed 'I bear WITNESS that none has to right to be worshipped but Allah...' Shaheed are considered to have died cleansed of all sins, like the ones who witness the creed just moments back.
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