Definition of sayyid in English:

noun

• 1A Muslim claiming descent from Muhammad, especially through Husayn, the prophet's younger grandson.

  ‘sayyids possessed spiritual blessing or holiness’

  as modifier ‘privileges of sayyid rulers’

  More example sentences

  • ‘This pattern in the Islamic movement emphasizes the effectiveness of the traditional network of ulama or sayyids based on their sacredness, nobility of origin, or salvation of the soul.’
  • ‘But regarding the political position, it's the responsibility of the Sayyid himself.’
  • ‘All the other small details will be settled within the family and with the blessings of the Sayid.’
  • ‘The black-turbaned man with outsized feet, hands, girth, and ambition is a Sayyid, a direct descendant of the Prophet Mohammed.’

  1. 1.1A respectful Muslim form of address.
     ‘the Secretary of Internal Affairs was Ali Sayyid Abdullah’
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     • ‘But Sayyid Al-Husseini, a farmer in Mahaweel, 50 miles south of Baghdad, scoffs at that.’