Definition of "abid" [abid]

• Simple past tense and past participle of abide. (verb)
• Slave (noun)
• Servant (noun)
• Worshipper (noun)

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• "Darfuris are sometimes called abid "slaves" by the northerners."
• "You Ingliz trained them, but there are many whose hearts are not so good, they call us "abid" (slaves) and despise our nakedness and our customs. '"
• "[696]. the common word for non-Arab Africans today among the Arab elite remains "abid," or slave."