އީދު

Dhivehi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic عِيد (ʕīd)

bor.

Classical Persian عِید (īd)

bor.

Dhivehi އީދު (īdu)

Borrowed from Classical Persian عِید (īd), from Arabic عِيد (ʕīd).

Proper noun

އީދު • (īdu)

1. (Islam) Eid

Derived terms

• އީދު މީލާދީ (īdu mīlādī)

Further reading

• Reynolds, Christopher Hanby Baillie (2003) “އީދު”, in A Maldivian Dictionary, 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE: RoutledgeCurzon, page 34