Eid

noun
/iːd/

Etymology

From Old Norse eið (“an isthmus, neck of land”), from Proto-Germanic *aidiją (“isthmus, strait”), of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”). Cognate with Icelandic eið, eiði, Faroese eið, eiði (“isthmus”), Norwegian eid (“isthmus”), Swedish ed. Compare Latin eō (“go, proceed”, verb).

  1. derived from ܥܐܕܐ
  2. borrowed from عید
  3. derived from عِيد

Definitions

  1. Any of various Muslim religious festivals.

  2. Ellipsis of Eid al-Fitr.

  3. Numerous places in Norway

    Numerous places in Norway:

  4. + 9 more definitions
    1. Synonym of Aith

      Synonym of Aith: a village in Mainland, Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom.

    2. Alternative letter-case form of Eid.

    3. An isthmus or narrow neck of land jutting out into the sea

      An isthmus or narrow neck of land jutting out into the sea; a sandbank cast up by the sea across the head of an open bight or inlet and having a lagoon inside it.

    4. Abbreviation of emerging infectious disease or emergent infectious disease.

    5. Alternative form of eID.

    6. Initialism of electronic identity document.

    7. Initialism of electronic identification.

    8. Initialism of electronic identifier.

    9. Initialism of electronic identity.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA