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): /ˈvɑˀid/, [ˈvɑ̯ˀid̪̥]

Proper noun

Va’id

  1. Vaide (a village in Courland, Latvia)
    • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “Vaid”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
      Vaid – Vaide – Vaide
      Vaide – Vaide – Vaide

Declension

Declension of Vaid (142)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) Vaid
genitive (genitīv) Vaid
partitive (partitīv) Vaidõ
dative (datīv) Vaidõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) Vaidõks
illative (illatīv) Vaidõ
inessive (inesīv) Vaidõs
elative (elatīv) Vaidõst
allative (allatīv) Vaidõlõ
adessive (adesīv) Vaidõl
ablative (ablatīv) Vaidõld

References

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