All 6 Uses
martyr
in
I Am Malala
(Edited)
- O Allah, please make war between Muslims and infidels so I can die in your service and be a martyr.
p. 34.4 *martyr = someone who dies or suffers in the name of their religion
- It was around the time he was praying to go to heaven as a martyr that he met my mother's brother, Faiz Mohammad, and started mixing with her family and going to her father's hujra.
p. 34.8martyr = someone who dies or suffers for their religion
- They wore black badges which said SHARIAT YA SHAHADAT — SHARIA LAW OR MARTYRDOM...
p. 111.8martyrdom = death in the name of religious beliefs
- Some of the girls refused, saying their teachers had taught them that to become a martyr is a glorious thing.
p. 127.8martyr = someone who dies or suffers in the name of their religion
- They called themselves Martyrs for Benazir.
p. 130.3martyrs = people who die or suffer in the name of their religion
- We don't want her to become shaheed millat [a martyr of the nation] like Liaquat Ali Khan.
p. 251.9martyr = someone who dies or suffers to uphold principles
Definitions:
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(1)
(martyr) someone who is killed or made to suffer greatly for their beliefs, often unjustly; or someone who acts as if they suffer a lot; or to make someone into such a person
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)