| 释义 |
‖ sayyid|ˈseɪjɪd|
Also seid, seyd, seyed, seyud, seyyad, seyyid, syed, syeud, syud.
[Arab. sayyid, lit. ‘lord’, ‘prince’. Cf. Cid.]
In Muslim countries, the title given to a man who is supposed to trace his descent from Husain, the elder grandson of the Prophet. Also attrib.
1788Burke Sp. agst. W. Hastings Wks. 1821 VII. 91 He was a Syed, that is to say, a descendant of Mahomed. 1799Edmonstone in Owen Wellesley's Desp. (1877) 82 The respected and accomplished Syuds..are now nominated and deputed with this friendly letter. 1811tr. Niebuhr's Trav. Arab. in Pinkerton's Voy. X. 39 He looked with disdain upon the Turkish Sherriffes, and the Arabian Seids. c1813Mrs. Sherwood Ayah & Lady v. 29 There is but one God, whatever you Hindoos may say. Our syeuds always say so. 1824Heber Jrnl. 20 July, Real Seyuds, descendents of the prophet. 1827Lady H. Stanhope Mem. (1845) I. ii. 56 A young seyd, a friend of mine. 1840Fraser Koordistan, etc. I. iv. 99 All individuals of that order of Seyeds, called Suggerân,—that is, who can boast of an indisputable descent from the daughter of the prophet in the male line. 1849Dry Leaves 22 A Seyyad by birth, he had killed his brother to obtain some property. 1850Directions Rev. Off. N.W. Prov. 47 There is a great tendency..to be more lenient towards the powerful or the indolent, such as Syuds, Bráhmans, or Goojurs. 1855R. F. Burton Al-Medinah & Meccah ii. (1893) 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. 1912Scotsman 5 Apr. 4 A seyyid..and twenty⁓four other persons..have been arrested. |