عبد

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ب د (IPA: /ʕ-b-d/) (Other: ʿ-b-d). Noun sense can be faithfully reconstructed to Proto-Semitic *ʿabd-.

Noun

عَبْد‎ • (ʿabd) m, plurals عَبِيد (ʿabīd)‎ or عُبْدان (ʿubdān)‎

1. slave, serf
2. bondsman, servant

عَبْد‎ • (ʿabd) m, plural عِبَاد (ʿibād)‎

1. servant of God, human being, man

   العباد (al-ʿibād) — humanity, mankind

   العبد لله (al-ʿábdu li-llāh) — I (first-person pronoun showing modesty)

Verb

عَبَدَ • (ʿábada) perfect — Verb form I

1. to worship, to venerate

عَبَّدَ • (ʿábbada) perfect — Verb form II

1. to enslave, to subjugate, to subject

Descendants

• Swahili: abada (borrowing)

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Libyan Arabic

Noun

عبد (ʿabəd), عبيد (ʿbīd) pl, عبدّة (ʿbədda) pl (only for sense 1)

1. slave
2. (pejorative) black man

Verb

عبد (ʿbad)

1. to worship

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عبد (ʿabd).

Noun

Dari	عبد‍
Iranian Persian	عبد‍
Tajik	‍абд‍

عبد • ('abd)

1. slave
2. servant

Synonyms

• بنده (bande)
• غلام (ğolâm)