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 37955^th 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: 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑid/

Proper noun

Va'id

1. 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

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	–