It was only later that the expression came to mean one who gives his life for bearing witness, or even bearing witness by giving ones life
पण कालांतराने, “साक्ष देण्याकरता आपला जीव देणारी व्यक्‍ती ” किंवा आपला जीव देऊन साक्ष देणारी व्यक्‍ती असा या शब्दाचा अर्थ घेतला जाऊ लागला.