Vaid
See also: vaid
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Punjabi ਵੈਦ (vaid).
Proper noun
Vaid (plural Vaids)
- 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
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Vaid”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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
- Vaide (a village in Courland, Latvia)
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- Vaid – Vaide – Vaide
- Vaide – Vaide – Vaide
- Vaid – Vaide – Vaide
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
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
- Kersti Boiko, Ziemeļkurzemes piekrastes lībiešu ciemu vietvārdi in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, page 220