Seid

noun

Se·​id

ˈsāə̇d

plural Seid or Seids

: a member of a Turkoman people in the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic claiming Arab descent

Word History

Etymology

Arabic sayyid, literally, lord, prince

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