Abd (Arabic)

ʿAbd (Arabic: عبد‎‎) is an Arabic word meaning one who is subordinated as a slave or a servant, and it means also to worship. The word can also be transliterated into English as 'Abd, where the apostrophe indicates the ayin, denoting a voiced pharyngeal fricative consonant or some reflex of it. In Western ears, it may be perceived as a guttural 'a' sound.

It appears in many common Arab names followed by Al (the) in form of "Abd ul", "Abd ul-", etc.; this is also commonly translitated as "el-," in the form "Abd el-", meaning "servant of the-". This is always followed by one of the names for God. These names are given in List of Arabic theophoric names and 99 Names of God.

A widespread name Abdullah (name) (or ʿAbd Allah) means "servant of God" or "worshipper of God".

It can also refer to humans, such as:

It can also be used by Arab Christians and Arabic-speaking Christians, just as long as it is associated to their religion:

Abdullah can be also used by Arab Christians, as they refer to God as Allah.

ʿĀbid (Arabic: عابد ‎‎) is a given name meaning "worshipper". It is based on the Arabic word "ʿIbādah", i.e. worship. The female version of the name is .

The Hebrew cognate word with Abd is "ʻEved" (עבד), meaning slave.

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