{{About||a major commercial center in Hyderabad, India|Abids|the villages in Iran|Abid, Iran (disambiguation){{!}}Abid, Iran|Iraqi LV|Al-Abid (rocket)}} {{Wiktionary|abid}} {{Infobox given name2 |name=Abid |image= |image_size= |caption= |pronunciation= {{IPA|ar|ʕaːbɪd|lang}} |gender=Male |meaning="worshipper" |language=Arabic |shortform= |seealso= |wikt= }} '''Abid''' ({{langx|ar|عابد}} ''‘Ābid''), also ''Abed'', literally meaning ''worshipper'', ''adorer'', ''devout''<ref name=ahmed>{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of Muslim Names|author=Salahuddin Ahmed|publisher=Hurst & Company|location=London|year=1999}}</ref><ref name=rahman>{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of Muslim Names|author=S. A. Rahman|publisher=Goodword Books|location=New Delhi|year=2001}}</ref> is an Arabic name. It may be either a surname or given name.
In the Russian language, "{{lang|ru|Аби́д}}" (''Abid''), or its form "{{lang|ru|Ави́д}}" (''Avid''), is an old and uncommon<ref name="Petrovsky">Petrovsky, p. 34</ref> male given name.<ref name="Superanskaya2">Superanskaya, p. 29</ref> 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.<ref name="Superanskaya2a">Superanskaya, pp. 23 and 29</ref> Its origins are either Arabic (where it means ''desired'') or Aramaic (where it means ''work'', ''labor'').<ref name="Superanskaya2b">Superanskaya, pp. 29 and 32</ref> The diminutive of "Avid" is '''Avidka''' ({{lang|ru|Ави́дка}}).<ref name="Petrovsky" /> The patronymics derived from "Avid" are "{{lang|ru|Ави́дович}}" (''Avidovich''; masculine) and "{{lang|ru|Ави́довна}}" (''Avidovna''; feminine).<ref name="Petrovsky" /> __NOTOC__ As a '''surname''', in the form '''Al-Abid''' ({{langx|ar| العابد }}) and its variants, it is shared by the following people: *Ahmad Izzat Pasha al-Abid (1855–1924), Syrian counselor to Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II *Hawlu Pasha al-Abid (1824–1895), prominent Syrian administrator during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz; father of the former *Muhammad Ali Bay al-Abid (1867–1939), first president of the mandatory Syrian Republic; grandson of the former *Nawaf Al Abed (born 1990), Saudi association football player
As a '''surname''': *Abid Ali Abid (1906–1971), Urdu and Persian critic and poet *Chaudhry Abid Sher Ali (born 1971), Pakistani politician and businessman *Fazle Hasan Abed (1936–2019), Bangladeshi/British social worker *Kalbe Abid (died 1986, Maulana Syed Kalbe Abid Naqvi), mujtahid *Pépé Abed, (1911–2006), Lebanese adventurer, explorer, and entrepreneur *Qazi Abdul Majeed Abid (1915–1996), Pakistani politician and journalist *Laïla Abid (born 1977), Moroccan-Dutch journalist *Mohammed Abed al-Jabri (1936–2010), Moroccan critic and professor of philosophy and Islamic thought *Ramzi Abid (born 1980), Canadian professional ice hockey player *Ramzi Abed (born 1973), American film director *Shireen Abed, Palestinian pediatrician and neonatal specialist *Zara Abid (1992–2020), Pakistani model
As a '''given name''' or '''colloquial name''', it is shared by the following people: *Abid Ali, multiple people *Abed Azrie (born 1945), Syrian singer of Arab classical music *Abid Briki (born 1957), Tunisian trade unionist and politician *Abed Daoudieh (1920–2015), Jordanian politician *Abid Ghoffar Aboe Dja'far (born 1954), Javanese Indonesian singer-songwriter *Abid Hamid Mahmud (1957–2012), Iraqi military officer *Abid Hasan (diplomat) (1911–1984), officer of the Indian National Army *Abid Hassan Minto (born 1932), Pakistani lawyer *Abed Hishoono (born 1974), Namibian politician *Abid Hussain (1926–2012), Indian economist and diplomat *Abid Kashmiri (1950–2024), Pakistani actor and comedian *Abed Khan (born 1945), Bangladeshi journalist *Abid Kovačević (born 1952), former Bosnian association football player *Abed Mahfouz (born 1956), Lebanese fashion designer *Abid Mutlak al-Jubouri (late 20th century), Iraqi politician *Abid Nabi (born 1985), Indian first class cricketer *Abed Nadir, fictional character on the TV show ''Community'' *Abid Qaiyum Suleri (born 1969), Pakistani social policy analyst and development practitioner *Abed Rabah (born 1975), Israeli association football player *Abid Raja (born 1975), Pakistani Norwegian politician *Abid Raza (born 1981), Guantanamo Bay detainee *Abidur Reza Chowdhury (1872–1961), Bengali politician and educationist *Abed Yassin (born 2004), Palestinian footballer
==See also== *Abid Ali (disambiguation) *Abidi *Abdi *Ebed, the cognate name in Hebrew
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===Sources=== *Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (''Dictionary of Russian First Names''). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. {{ISBN|5-17-002940-3}} *А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (''Dictionary of Russian Names''). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. {{ISBN|5-699-14090-5}}
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