Vaid

See also: vaid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਵੈਦ (vaid).

Proper noun

Vaid (plural Vaids)

  1. A surname from Punjabi.

Statistics

  • 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

Livonian

Etymology

Historically 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

  • IPA(key): /vɑid/

Proper noun

Va'id

  1. Vaide (a village in Courland, Latvia)

Usage notes

This term has open space locative forms: allative Vaidõlõ, adessive Vaidõl, ablative Vaidõld.

Declension

Declension of Vaid (142)
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) Vaid
genitive (genitīv) Vaid
partitive (partitīv) Vaidõ
dative (datīv) Vaidõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) Vaidõks
illative (illatīv) Vaidõ
inessive (inesīv) Vaidõs
Vaids
elative (elatīv) Vaidõst
Vaidst

References

  1. ^ Kersti Boiko, Ziemeļkurzemes piekrastes lībiešu ciemu vietvārdi in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, page 220