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paradise | shaheed |

As a proper noun paradise

is (religion) heaven.

As a noun shaheed is

an islamic or sikh martyr, one who has died fulfilling a religious commandment and is thus promised a place in paradise.

paradise

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, religion) Heaven; the abode of sanctified souls after death.
  • * Bible, Luke xxiii. 43
    • To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise .
  • * Longfellow
    • It sounds to him like her mother's voice, / Singing in Paradise .
  • (figuratively) A very pleasant place.
    • an island paradise in the Caribbean
  • (figuratively) A very positive experience.
  • (architecture) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, such as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
  • A churchyard or cemetery.

    • Synonyms

    * haven * heaven * utopia

    Derived terms

    * bird of paradise * fool's paradise * grains of paradise * paradise duck * paradise flycatcher * paradisiac * paradisiacal * paradisiacally * Surfers Paradise * trouble in paradise

    Related terms

    * parvis

    See also

    * Arcadia * Avalon * Nirvana * Shangri-la

    Verb

    (paradis)
  • To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.
    • (Marston)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    shaheed

    English

    Alternative forms

    * shahid

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An Islamic or Sikh martyr, one who has died fulfilling a religious commandment and is thus promised a place in Paradise.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 16, author=Joan Dupont, title=For a Director on the Rise, Sarajevo’s War Years Linger, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=She has told the child that her father was a shaheed , a martyr, concealing the real story of her brutal conception. }}