عابد

Arabic

Root
ع ب د (ʕ b d)
9 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of عَبَدَ (ʕabada, “to worship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕaː.bid/

Adjective

عَابِد • (ʕābid) (feminine عَابِدَة (ʕābida), common plural عُبَّد (ʕubbad), masculine plural عَابِدُون (ʕābidūn) or عُبَّاد (ʕubbād) or عَبَدَة (ʕabada), feminine plural عَابِدَات (ʕābidāt) or عَوَابِد (ʕawābid))

1. active participle of عَبَدَ (ʕabada)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:112:

     ٱلتَّائِبُونَ ٱلْعَابِدُون ٱلْحَامِدُونَ ٱلسَّائِحُونَ ٱلرَّاكِعُونَ ٱلسَّاجِدُونَ ٱلْآمِرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَٱلنَّاهُونَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنْكَرِ وَٱلْحَافِظُونَ لِحُدُودِ ٱللَّهِ

     at-tāʔibūna l-ʕābidūn l-ḥāmidūna s-sāʔiḥūna r-rākiʕūna s-sājidūna l-ʔāmirūna bi-l-maʕrūfi wan-nāhūna ʕani l-munkari wal-ḥāfiẓūna liḥudūdi l-lahi

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Declension

Declension of adjective عَابِد (ʕābid)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	عَابِد ʕābid	الْعَابِد al-ʕābid	عَابِدَة ʕābida	الْعَابِدَة al-ʕābida
nominative	عَابِدٌ ʕābidun	الْعَابِدُ al-ʕābidu	عَابِدَةٌ ʕābidatun	الْعَابِدَةُ al-ʕābidatu
accusative	عَابِدًا ʕābidan	الْعَابِدَ al-ʕābida	عَابِدَةً ʕābidatan	الْعَابِدَةَ al-ʕābidata
genitive	عَابِدٍ ʕābidin	الْعَابِدِ al-ʕābidi	عَابِدَةٍ ʕābidatin	الْعَابِدَةِ al-ʕābidati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	عَابِدَيْن ʕābidayn	الْعَابِدَيْن al-ʕābidayn	عَابِدَتَيْن ʕābidatayn	الْعَابِدَتَيْن al-ʕābidatayn
nominative	عَابِدَانِ ʕābidāni	الْعَابِدَانِ al-ʕābidāni	عَابِدَتَانِ ʕābidatāni	الْعَابِدَتَانِ al-ʕābidatāni
accusative	عَابِدَيْنِ ʕābidayni	الْعَابِدَيْنِ al-ʕābidayni	عَابِدَتَيْنِ ʕābidatayni	الْعَابِدَتَيْنِ al-ʕābidatayni
genitive	عَابِدَيْنِ ʕābidayni	الْعَابِدَيْنِ al-ʕābidayni	عَابِدَتَيْنِ ʕābidatayni	الْعَابِدَتَيْنِ al-ʕābidatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	عَابِدِين‎; عُبَّاد‎; عَبَدَة‎; عُبَّد ʕābidīn‎; ʕubbād‎; ʕabada‎; ʕubbad	الْعَابِدِين‎; الْعُبَّاد‎; الْعَبَدَة‎; الْعُبَّد al-ʕābidīn‎; al-ʕubbād‎; al-ʕabada‎; al-ʕubbad	عَابِدَات‎; عَوَابِد‎; عُبَّد ʕābidāt‎; ʕawābid‎; ʕubbad	الْعَابِدَات‎; الْعَوَابِد‎; الْعُبَّد al-ʕābidāt‎; al-ʕawābid‎; al-ʕubbad
nominative	عَابِدُونَ‎; عُبَّادٌ‎; عَبَدَةٌ‎; عُبَّدٌ ʕābidūna‎; ʕubbādun‎; ʕabadatun‎; ʕubbadun	الْعَابِدُونَ‎; الْعُبَّادُ‎; الْعَبَدَةُ‎; الْعُبَّدُ al-ʕābidūna‎; al-ʕubbādu‎; al-ʕabadatu‎; al-ʕubbadu	عَابِدَاتٌ‎; عَوَابِدُ‎; عُبَّدٌ ʕābidātun‎; ʕawābidu‎; ʕubbadun	الْعَابِدَاتُ‎; الْعَوَابِدُ‎; الْعُبَّدُ al-ʕābidātu‎; al-ʕawābidu‎; al-ʕubbadu
accusative	عَابِدِينَ‎; عُبَّادًا‎; عَبَدَةً‎; عُبَّدًا ʕābidīna‎; ʕubbādan‎; ʕabadatan‎; ʕubbadan	الْعَابِدِينَ‎; الْعُبَّادَ‎; الْعَبَدَةَ‎; الْعُبَّدَ al-ʕābidīna‎; al-ʕubbāda‎; al-ʕabadata‎; al-ʕubbada	عَابِدَاتٍ‎; عَوَابِدَ‎; عُبَّدًا ʕābidātin‎; ʕawābida‎; ʕubbadan	الْعَابِدَاتِ‎; الْعَوَابِدَ‎; الْعُبَّدَ al-ʕābidāti‎; al-ʕawābida‎; al-ʕubbada
genitive	عَابِدِينَ‎; عُبَّادٍ‎; عَبَدَةٍ‎; عُبَّدٍ ʕābidīna‎; ʕubbādin‎; ʕabadatin‎; ʕubbadin	الْعَابِدِينَ‎; الْعُبَّادِ‎; الْعَبَدَةِ‎; الْعُبَّدِ al-ʕābidīna‎; al-ʕubbādi‎; al-ʕabadati‎; al-ʕubbadi	عَابِدَاتٍ‎; عَوَابِدَ‎; عُبَّدٍ ʕābidātin‎; ʕawābida‎; ʕubbadin	الْعَابِدَاتِ‎; الْعَوَابِدِ‎; الْعُبَّدِ al-ʕābidāti‎; al-ʕawābidi‎; al-ʕubbadi

Descendants

• → English: Abed
• → Azerbaijani: abid
• → Bengali: আবেদ (abed)
• → Northern Kurdish: abid
• → Persian: عابد (âbed)
  • → Urdu: عابد ('ābid)
• → Malay: abid
  • → Indonesian: abid
• → Ottoman Turkish: عابد (âbid)

Northern Kurdish

Noun

عابد (‘abid) m or f

1. alternative form of abid

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “abid”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 1

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَابِد (ʕābid).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ˈbid/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bɪ́d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bɪ́d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bɪ́d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.bíd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.béd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.bíd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	ābid
Dari reading?	ābid
Iranian reading?	âbed
Tajik reading?	obid

Noun

عابد • (âbed) (plural عابدان, or عابدها, or عباد (obbâd))

1. (religion) worshipper, pious devotee, religious ascetic

   Synonym: زاهد (zâhed)

   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 417”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     از دست زاهد کردیم توبه
     و از فعل عابد استغفرالله

     az dast-i zāhid kardēm tawba
     wa az fa'l-i ābid astaġfirullāh

     I make repentance from the hand of the ascetic,
     And I seek God's pardon for the acts of the devotee.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Adjective

عابد • (âbed)

1. (religion) devoted, pious

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عابد ('ābid), itself from Arabic عَابِد (ʕābid).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ɑː.bɪd̪/
• Rhymes: -ɪd̪
• Hyphenation: عا‧بِد

Adjective

عابِد • ('ābid) (feminine عابِدَہ ('ābida), Hindi spelling आबिद)

1. godly, pious
2. devoted

Noun

عابِد • ('ābid) m (female equivalent عابِدَہ ('ābida), Hindi spelling आबिद)

1. worshipper
2. (loosely, figuratively) believer

Related terms

• عبادت (ʻibādat)
• معبود (ma'būd)

Proper noun

عابِد • ('ābid) m (female equivalent عابِدَہ ('ābida), Hindi spelling आबिद)

1. a male given name, Abid

References

• “عابد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “عابد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.