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, "Аби́д" (Abid), or its form "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
SynodalMenologium 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 (Ави́дка).[3] The
patronymics derived from "Avid" are "Ави́дович" (Avidovich; masculine) and "Ави́довна" (Avidovna; feminine).[3]
As a surname, in the form Al-Abid (
Arabic: العابد) and its variants, it is shared by the following people:
Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005.
ISBN5-17-002940-3
А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005.
ISBN5-699-14090-5
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