mawlidn.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊlɪd/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊlɪd/

Inflections: Plural mawlids, (occasionally) unchanged.

Forms: 1800s maulid, 1800s moolid, 1900s– mawlid, 1900s– moulid, 1900s– mulid. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic mawlid.

Etymology: < Arabic mawlid (also colloquial Arabic in form mūlid) time, place, or celebration of a birth, noun of place < walada to give birth to.

Islam.

The birthday of a prophet or saint, esp. that of Muhammad.

ΚΠ

1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. xi. 190 These lights were not hung merely in honour of the Prophet: they were near a za′wiyeh (or small mosque) in which is buried the Sheykh Durwee′sh El-Ashma′wee; and this night was his Moo′lid.

1893 R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to al-Madinah & Mecca (new ed.) II. xxxiii. 254 A Maulid and a Ziyarah are held on the anniversary of the Lion's birth... These ‘Maulid’ (ceremonies of nativity) are by no means limited to a single day in the year.

1936 Encycl. Islam III. 420/1 An anticipation of the Mawlid celebration is found in Egypt as early as the middle and later Fāṭimid period.

1958 L. Durrell Balthazar iv. 93 The next one [sc. meeting] is to be at the mulid of Saint Damiana.

1993 Gnosis Winter 74/2 He also attended moulids, the birthday celebrations of various Egyptian saints.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mawlid
释义	mawlidn. Brit. /ˈmaʊlɪd/, U.S. /ˈmaʊlɪd/ Inflections: Plural mawlids, (occasionally) unchanged. Forms: 1800s maulid, 1800s moolid, 1900s– mawlid, 1900s– moulid, 1900s– mulid. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic mawlid. Etymology: < Arabic mawlid (also colloquial Arabic in form mūlid) time, place, or celebration of a birth, noun of place < walada to give birth to. Islam. The birthday of a prophet or saint, esp. that of Muhammad. ΚΠ 1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. xi. 190 These lights were not hung merely in honour of the Prophet: they were near a za′wiyeh (or small mosque) in which is buried the Sheykh Durwee′sh El-Ashma′wee; and this night was his Moo′lid. 1893 R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to al-Madinah & Mecca (new ed.) II. xxxiii. 254 A Maulid and a Ziyarah are held on the anniversary of the Lion's birth... These ‘Maulid’ (ceremonies of nativity) are by no means limited to a single day in the year. 1936 Encycl. Islam III. 420/1 An anticipation of the Mawlid celebration is found in Egypt as early as the middle and later Fāṭimid period. 1958 L. Durrell Balthazar iv. 93 The next one [sc. meeting] is to be at the mulid of Saint Damiana. 1993 Gnosis Winter 74/2 He also attended moulids, the birthday celebrations of various Egyptian saints. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836
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