# مشهد
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Noun of place from the root ش ه د (š h d).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maʃ.had/

#### Noun

مَشْهَد • (mašhad) m (plural مَشَاهِد (mašāhid))
* place of assembly, meeting, meeting place
    Synonym: مُلْتَقَى (multaqā)
* place where a martyr died
* tomb of a saint, religious shrine; a religious mausoleum
    Synonyms: مَرْقَد (marqad), ضَرِيح (ḍarīḥ), مَقَام (maqām), مَزَار (mazār)
* funeral cortege
    Synonym: مَوْكِب عَزَاء (mawkib ʕazāʔ)
* procession
    Synonym: مَوْكِب (mawkib)
* view, aspect, spectacle, sight, scenery
    Synonym: مَنْظَر (manẓar)
* scene (of a crime, a movie, a video), place of interest, object of interest
    Synonym: مَوْقِع (mawqiʕ)
* nature scene, scene in a theater or play
* act, number (on stage)

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: məşhəd
* → Ottoman Turkish: مشهد (meşhed)
** Turkish: meşhet
* → Persian: مشهد (mašhad)
* → Urdu: مَشْہَد (maśhad)

#### Proper noun

مَشْهَد • (mašhad) f
* Mashhad (a city in Iran)
    Synonym: (old name) طُوس (ṭūs)

##### Declension
#### Further reading

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “مشهد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muʃ.hid/

#### Adjective

مُشْهِد • (mušhid) (feminine مُشْهِدَة (mušhida), masculine plural مُشْهِدُونَ (mušhidūna), feminine plural مُشْهِدَات (mušhidāt))
* active participle of أَشْهَدَ (ʔašhada)

##### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: مشهد (müşhid)
** Turkish: müşhid
* → Persian: مشهد (mošhed)

#### Further reading

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “مشهد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muʃ.had/

#### Adjective

مُشْهَد • (mušhad) (feminine مُشْهَدَة (mušhada), masculine plural مُشْهَدُونَ (mušhadūna), feminine plural مُشْهَدَات (mušhadāt))
* passive participle of أَشْهَدَ (ʔašhada)

##### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: مشهد (müşhed)
** Turkish: müşhed
* → Persian: مشهد (mošhad)

#### Further reading

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “مشهد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Azerbaijani
### Noun

مشهد
* Arabic spelling of məşhəd

### Proper noun

مشهد
* Arabic spelling of Məşhəd

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مَشْهَد (mašhad).

#### Noun

مشهد • (meşhed)
* a place where people assemble, especially if for the performance of a special sacred rite
* a field of battle; a battle
* a place of martyrdom
* a funeral assembly
* the aspect of a person

##### Descendants

* Turkish: meşhet

#### Proper noun

مشهد • (meşhed)
* Mashhad (a city in Iran)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: Meşhed

#### Further reading

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مشهد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1872

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُشْهِد (mušhid).

#### Noun

مشهد • (müşhid)
* who calls or produces a witness or evidence
* who makes another see and become aware of any thing
* who attains to puberty

##### Descendants

* Turkish: müşhid

#### Further reading

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مشهد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1872

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic مُشْهَد (mušhad).

#### Adjective

مشهد • (müşhed)
* made or called to be a witness, or to see an act or state
* martyred

##### Descendants

* Turkish: müşhed

#### Further reading

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مشهد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1872

## Persian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مَشْهَد (mašhad).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [maʃ.hað]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mäʃ.häd̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mäʃ.häd̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mä.ʃäd̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mä.ʃäd̪̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mæʃ.hæd̪̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mäʃ.häd̪]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

#### Noun

| Dari | مشهد |
| Iranian Persian | مشهد |
| Tajik | машҳад |
مشهد • (mašhad)
* place of martyrdom

#### Proper noun

| Dari | مشهد |
| Iranian Persian | مشهد |
| Tajik | Машҳад |
مشهد • (mašhad)
* Mashhad (The second largest city in Iran; capital of Razavi Khorasan)

#### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مشهد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, volume 2, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 909
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مشهد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُشْهِد (mušhid).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [muʃ.hið]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊʃ.hɪd̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊʃ.hɪd̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mʊ.ʃɪd̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mu.ʃid̪̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [moʃ.hed̪̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [muʃ.hid̪]

#### Noun

| Dari | مشهد |
| Iranian Persian | مشهد |
| Tajik | мушҳид |
مشهد • (mošhed)
* witness

#### Further reading

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مشهد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic مُشْهَد (mušhad).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [muʃ.hað]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊʃ.häd̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊʃ.häd̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mʊ.ʃäd̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mu.ʃäd̪̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [moʃ.hæd̪̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [muʃ.häd̪]

#### Adjective

| Dari | مشهد |
| Iranian Persian | مشهد |
| Tajik | мушҳад |
مشهد • (mošhad)
* slain for religion's sake
* slain without any mulct or fine being paid

#### Noun

| Dari | مشهد |
| Iranian Persian | مشهد |
| Tajik | мушҳад |
مشهد • (mošhad)
* martyr

#### Further reading

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مشهد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul