Arabic

Noun

عَبْد • ‎(ʿabd) m ‎(plural عَبِيد ‎(ʿabīd) or عُبْدَان ‎(ʿubdān), feminine أَمَة ‎(ʾama))

1. slave, serf
2. bondsman, servant

Declension

Noun

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

1. servant of God, human being, man

   الْعِبَاد ‎(al-ʿibād)— humanity, mankind

   الْعَبْدُ لِلّٰهِ ‎(al-ʿabdu lillāhi)— I (first-person pronoun showing modesty)

Declension

Verb

عَبَدَ • ‎(ʿabada) I, non-past يَعْبُدُ‎ (yaʿbudu)

1. to worship, to venerate

Conjugation

Verb

عَبَّدَ • ‎(ʿabbada) II, non-past يُعَبِّدُ‎ (yuʿabbidu)

1. to enslave, to subjugate, to subject

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swahili: abada (borrowing)

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

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عَبْد ‎(ʿabd).

Noun

عبد • ‎('abd)

1. slave
2. servant

Synonyms

• بنده ‎(bande)
• غلام ‎(ğolâm)