Abeed
Arabic pejorative meaning "slave"
Abeed or abīd (عبيد, plural of ʿabd, عبد) is an Arabic word meaning "servant" or "slave". Historically, ʿabīd was used in a variety of social, legal and military contexts and did not necessarily indicate ethnicity or skin colour. Medieval sources applied the term to slaves of different origins, including Slavs and Turks.
The term and related forms were also used outside Arabic. In Ottoman Turkish, for example, abd and abd-i memlûk were among the terms used for male slaves. In a number of Arabic dialects, ʿabd and ʿabīd later developed racialized usages referring to Black Africans or communities associated with African slave ancestry; in some contexts the term is derogatory.
Etymology
Abeed is a romanization of the Arabic ʿabīd (عبيد), one of several plural forms of ʿabd (عبد). The word derives from the Arabic root ع ب د (ʿ-b-d), associated with service, worship and submission. Arabic lexicography defines ʿabd both as an enslaved person, in contrast to a free person, and more broadly as a human being or servant of God, and records several plurals, including ʿabīd and ʿibād.
A distinction later developed in which ʿabīd was commonly used for slaves held by people, while ʿibād was commonly used for servants or worshippers of God.
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