# Abid > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Abid > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Abid.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abid > Source revision: 1346400008 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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''{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of Muslim Names|author=Salahuddin Ahmed|publisher=Hurst & Company|location=London|year=1999}}{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of Muslim Names|author=S. A. Rahman|publisher=Goodword Books|location=New Delhi|year=2001}} is an Arabic name. It may be either a [surname](/source/surname) or [given name](/source/given_name). In the [Russian language](/source/Russian_language), "{{lang|ru|Аби́д}}" (''Abid''), or its form "{{lang|ru|Ави́д}}" (''Avid''), is an old and uncommonPetrovsky, p. 34 male given name.Superanskaya, p. 29 Included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries, it was omitted from the official [Synod](/source/Synod)al [Menologium](/source/Menologium) at the end of the 19th century.Superanskaya, pp. 23 and 29 Its origins are either Arabic (where it means ''desired'') or [Aramaic](/source/Aramaic_language) (where it means ''work'', ''labor'').Superanskaya, pp. 29 and 32 The [diminutive](/source/diminutive) of "Avid" is '''Avidka''' ({{lang|ru|Ави́дка}}). The [patronymic](/source/patronymic)s derived from "Avid" are "{{lang|ru|Ави́дович}}" (''Avidovich''; masculine) and "{{lang|ru|Ави́довна}}" (''Avidovna''; feminine). __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](/source/Ahmad_Izzat_Pasha_al-Abid) (1855–1924), Syrian counselor to Ottoman Sultan [Abdulhamid II](/source/Abdulhamid_II) *[Hawlu Pasha al-Abid](/source/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](/source/Muhammad_Ali_Bay_al-Abid) (1867–1939), first president of the [mandatory Syrian Republic](/source/mandatory_Syrian_Republic); grandson of the former *[Nawaf Al Abed](/source/Nawaf_Al_Abed) (born 1990), Saudi association football player As a '''surname''': *[Abid Ali Abid](/source/Abid_Ali_Abid) (1906–1971), Urdu and Persian critic and poet *[Chaudhry Abid Sher Ali](/source/Chaudhry_Abid_Sher_Ali) (born 1971), Pakistani politician and businessman *[Fazle Hasan Abed](/source/Fazle_Hasan_Abed) (1936–2019), Bangladeshi/British social worker *[Kalbe Abid](/source/Kalbe_Abid) (died 1986, Maulana Syed Kalbe Abid Naqvi), mujtahid *[Pépé Abed](/source/P%C3%A9p%C3%A9_Abed), (1911–2006), Lebanese adventurer, explorer, and entrepreneur *[Qazi Abdul Majeed Abid](/source/Qazi_Abdul_Majeed_Abid) (1915–1996), Pakistani politician and journalist *[Laïla Abid](/source/La%C3%AFla_Abid) (born 1977), Moroccan-Dutch journalist *[Mohammed Abed al-Jabri](/source/Mohammed_Abed_al-Jabri) (1936–2010), Moroccan critic and professor of philosophy and Islamic thought *[Ramzi Abid](/source/Ramzi_Abid) (born 1980), Canadian professional ice hockey player *[Ramzi Abed](/source/Ramzi_Abed) (born 1973), American film director *[Shireen Abed](/source/Shireen_Abed), Palestinian pediatrician and neonatal specialist *[Zara Abid](/source/Zara_Abid) (1992–2020), Pakistani model As a '''given name''' or '''colloquial name''', it is shared by the following people: *[Abid Ali](/source/Abid_Ali_(disambiguation)), multiple people *[Abed Azrie](/source/Abed_Azrie) (born 1945), Syrian singer of Arab classical music *[Abid Briki](/source/Abid_Briki) (born 1957), Tunisian trade unionist and politician *[Abed Daoudieh](/source/Abed_Daoudieh) (1920–2015), Jordanian politician *[Abid Ghoffar Aboe Dja'far](/source/Abid_Ghoffar_Aboe_Dja'far) (born 1954), Javanese Indonesian singer-songwriter *[Abid Hamid Mahmud](/source/Abid_Hamid_Mahmud) (1957–2012), Iraqi military officer *[Abid Hasan (diplomat)](/source/Abid_Hasan_(diplomat)) (1911–1984), officer of the Indian National Army *[Abid Hassan Minto](/source/Abid_Hassan_Minto) (born 1932), Pakistani lawyer *[Abed Hishoono](/source/Abed_Hishoono) (born 1974), Namibian politician *[Abid Hussain](/source/Abid_Hussain) (1926–2012), Indian economist and diplomat *[Abid Kashmiri](/source/Abid_Kashmiri) (1950–2024), Pakistani actor and comedian *[Abed Khan](/source/Abed_Khan) (born 1945), Bangladeshi journalist *[Abid Kovačević](/source/Abid_Kova%C4%8Devi%C4%87) (born 1952), former Bosnian association football player *[Abed Mahfouz](/source/Abed_Mahfouz) (born 1956), Lebanese fashion designer *[Abid Mutlak al-Jubouri](/source/Abid_Mutlak_al-Jubouri) (late 20th century), Iraqi politician *[Abid Nabi](/source/Abid_Nabi) (born 1985), Indian first class cricketer *[Abed Nadir](/source/Abed_Nadir), fictional character on the TV show ''Community'' *[Abid Qaiyum Suleri](/source/Abid_Qaiyum_Suleri) (born 1969), Pakistani social policy analyst and development practitioner *[Abed Rabah](/source/Abed_Rabah) (born 1975), Israeli association football player *[Abid Raja](/source/Abid_Raja) (born 1975), Pakistani Norwegian politician *[Abid Raza](/source/Abid_Raza) (born 1981), Guantanamo Bay detainee *[Abidur Reza Chowdhury](/source/Abidur_Reza_Chowdhury) (1872–1961), Bengali politician and educationist *[Abed Yassin](/source/Abed_Yassin) (born 2004), Palestinian footballer ==See also== *[Abid Ali (disambiguation)](/source/Abid_Ali_(disambiguation)) *[Abidi](/source/Abidi) *[Abdi](/source/Abdi) *[Ebed](/source/Ebed_(biblical_figure)), the cognate name in Hebrew ==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}} ===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}} {{Given name|type=both}} Category:Arabic-language masculine given names Category:Syrian families Category:Political families of Syria Category:Pakistani masculine given names Category:Russian masculine given names Category:Urdu surnames Category:Masculine given names Category:Bengali Muslim surnames --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Abid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abid) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abid?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.