- wd
- wcdDefinition: Central Semitic, to fix a time; noun *cid(at)-, fixed time, appointment, meeting (*-at-, feminine suffix). 'Id al-Fitr, from Arabic cīd al-fiṭr, feast of breaking the fast, from cīd, feast of, from Aramaic ced, day of assembly, feast-day, from cad, to fix a time.
The American Heritage dictionary of the English language. 2015.