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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Eid al-Adha.
  • noun Eid al-Fitr.

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  • proper noun Islam A Muslim religious festival.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Arabic ‘īd, feast, from Aramaic ‘ed, day of assembly, from ‘ad, to fix a time; see wעd in Semitic roots.]

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From Arabic عيد (ʕīd).

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