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sayyidn.adj.Brit. /ˈseɪjɪd/, /ˈsʌɪɪd/, U.S. /ˈsɑjɪd/, /ˈseɪjɪd/, /saɪd/, /seɪd/ Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Partly a borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: Persian sayyid; Arabic sayyid. Etymology: Originally < Persian sayyid and its etymon Arabic sayyid direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, specific use of sayyid lord, master. In sense A. 2 directly < Arabic sayyid respectful title or form of address for a man, extended use of sayyid lord, master.In α. forms apparently partly by association with the etymologically unrelated Arabic saʿīd happy, fortunate (frequently as a personal name), in early use also influenced by French †seid (1659 in the passage translated in quot. 1662). A. n.society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > member of > descendant of Muhammad society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > titles applied to royalty > for a king or ruler > for foreign king or ruler > for descendants of Muhammad 1625 S. Purchas II. ix. vi. 1476 Another sort called Seayds, who deriue themselues from Mahomet. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius vi. 313 The custom of the antient Persians, who suffered their Hair to grow, as do at present the Seid [Fr. Seid], that is, the kinred of Mahomet. 1788 E. Burke Speech Impeachm. W. Hastings in (1821) VII. 91 He was a Syed, that is to say, a descendant of Mahomed. 1798 N. B. Edmonstone tr. Tipu Sultan in Marquess Wellesley (1877) 82 The respected and accomplished Syuds..are now nominated and deputed with this friendly letter. 1816 Mrs. Sherwood v. 29 There is but one God, whatever you Hindoos may say. Our syeuds always say so. 1827 Lady H. Stanhope (1845) I. ii. 56 A young seyd, a friend of mine. 1849 E. B. Eastwick 22 A Seyyad by birth, he had killed his brother to obtain some property. 1850 47 There is a great tendency..to be more lenient towards the powerful or the indolent, such as Syuds, Bráhmans, or Goojurs. 1912 5 Apr. 4 A seyyid..and twenty-four other persons..have been arrested. 1959 W. Thesiger x. 199 Does the Christian not know I am a saiyid? 1969 13 Aug. 4/8 Just as it would be wrong to say that the Jats are essentially ‘BKDites’.., similarly it is wrong to say that the Syeds belong to one sect only. 2002 14 Oct. 193/1 He is a squat man with a white beard, and wears the black turban of the sayyid. the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for a man > in languages other than English 1964 W. Thesiger 33 In this sense Sayid simply meant Mr. and had no religious significance. 1974 O. Manning ii. iv. 191 Sayyid, please say ‘good-bye’. 2009 J. Elam & S. Yohn xi. 82 Would you like me to call this meeting to order for you, sayyid? B. adj.1843 7 375 Dáâí..was of a Sayyid family of Cum. 1855 R. F. Burton (1893) ii. 3 In Arabia..the Sayyid is the descendant of Hosayn... In Persia and India, the Sharif is the son of a Sayyid woman and a common Moslem. 1908 I. iv. 315 The same rigidity and restrictions do not prevail among these groups of foreign origin as are found in the indigenous Hindu castes, yet Sayyid families in India are often as watchful as Brahmans for the purity of their blood. 1964 D. N. Wilber vii. 118 The claim to sayyid status, however, should be supported by a detailed genealogy. 1991 No. 170. 25/1 A Zaydi sayyid family related by marriage to the royal family. 2013 S. C. Caton v. 181 In the early revolutionary period, saadah were often treated with derision, their turbans—quintessential symbols of sayyid authority—knocked off their heads. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1625 |