Abid Explained

Abid
Pronunciation:pronounced as /ar/
Gender:Male
Meaning:"worshipper"
Language:Arabic

Abid (Arabic: عابد ‘Ābid), also Abed, literally meaning worshipper, adorer, devout[1] [2] may be either a surname or given name.

In the Russian language, "Russian: Аби́д" (Abid), or its form "Russian: Ави́д" (Avid), is an old and uncommon[3] male given name.[4] Included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries, it was omitted from the official Synodal Menologium at the end of the 19th century.[5] Its origins are either Arabic (where it means desired) or Aramaic (where it means work, labor).[6] The diminutive of "Avid" is Avidka (Russian: Ави́дка). The patronymics derived from "Avid" are "Russian: Ави́дович" (Avidovich; masculine) and "Russian: Ави́довна" (Avidovna; feminine).As a surname, in the form Al-Abid (Arabic: العابد ) and its variants, it is shared by the following people:

As a surname:

As a given name or colloquial name, it is shared by the following people:

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Notes and References

  1. Book: A Dictionary of Muslim Names. Salahuddin Ahmed. Hurst & Company. London. 1999.
  2. Book: A Dictionary of Muslim Names. S. A. Rahman. Goodword Books. New Delhi. 2001.
  3. Petrovsky, p. 34
  4. Superanskaya, p. 29
  5. Superanskaya, pp. 23 and 29
  6. Superanskaya, pp. 29 and 32