ʿAbd (Arabic: عبد) is an Arabic word meaning one who is subordinated as a slave or a servant, and it means also to worship. The word can also be transliterated into English as 'Abd, where the apostrophe indicates the Ayin, denoting a voiced pharyngeal fricative consonant or some reflex of it.
ʿAbd (Arabic: عبد) is an Arabic word meaning one who is subordinated as a slave or a servant, and it means also to worship. The word can also be transliterated into English as 'Abd, where the apostrophe indicates the Ayin, denoting a voiced pharyngeal fricative consonant or some reflex of it.
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