Etymology

murid

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Today it means: Of or belonging to the family Muridae. Full definition →

Arabic مُرِيد
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murid · adjective, noun1

An appellativization from Murid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names); by surface analysis, ending in suffix -id.

murid · noun2

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromمُرِيد
  2. English todaymurid

From Arabic مُرِيد (murīd, literally “seeker”).

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