Vaid
See also: vaid
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Punjabi ਵੈਦ (vaid).
Proper noun
editVaid (plural Vaids)
- A surname from Punjabi.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Vaid is the 37955th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 585 individuals. Vaid is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (91.11%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Vaid”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Livonian
editEtymology
editHistorically Wayden – Latvian Vaide, Livonian Vaid. Of Finnic origin, cognate with Livonian vait (“gap, difference”), its Estonian cognate (apparently vahe is meant) has a meaning "border, boundary" attested, it is possible that the Livonian term may have had this meaning as well.[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editVa'id
- Vaide (a village in Courland, Latvia)
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- Vaid – Vaide – Vaide
- Vaide – Vaide – Vaide
- Vaid – Vaide – Vaide
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Usage notes
editThis term has open space locative forms: allative Vaidõlõ, adessive Vaidõl, ablative Vaidõld.
Declension
editDeclension of Vaid (142)
References
edit- ^ Kersti Boiko, Ziemeļkurzemes piekrastes lībiešu ciemu vietvārdi in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, page 220
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