chahada
French, noun/ʃa.a.da/
chahada is spelled C-H-A-H-A-D-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chahada is a French feminine noun meaning “shahada (Islamic declaration of belief)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Un des piliers de l’islam, qui consiste à faire la confession de foi musulmane : « Il n’y a pas de vraie…”.
What does chahada mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshahada (Islamic declaration of belief)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Un des piliers de l’islam, qui consiste à faire la confession de foi musulmane : « Il n’y a pas de vraie divinité si ce n’est Allah et Muhammad est Son messager. »
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chahada
- shahada alternative
- chahadas plural
- chahâda
- shahâda
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chahada?
- /ʃa.a.da/
- \ʃa.a.da\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chahada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chahada in French?
chahada appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).