mawlid

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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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