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Mau⋅lid

[mou-lid]
–noun
Mawlid.
Also, Mau⋅lud [mou-luhd] .

Maw⋅lid

[mou-lid]
–noun Islam.
1. a Muslim holiday celebrating the birth of Muhammad, occurring on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiʿ al-awwal, and characterized esp. by the recitation of panegyrical poems honoring Muhammad.
2. the poems recited on this occasion.
Also, Maulid, Maulud.


Origin:
< Ar mawlid (al-nabī) birthday (of the Prophet)
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