Eid

Eid may be Arabic for "festival" (English pronunciation: /ˈiːd/; Arabic: عيد ‘īd), a Norwegian place name, or an acronym.

Eid or EID may refer to:

Islamic, Arab and Persian festivals

• Eid ul-Fitr (Arabic: عيد الفطر ‘īdu l-fiṭr "Festival of the Fast Breaking"), marks the end of the month of Ramadan
• Eid al-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى ‘īdu l-’aḍḥā "Festival of the Sacrifice"), Greater Eid, or Eid-e Qurban , celebrated to commemorate prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God
• Eid-e Nowruz (Persian: عید نوروز eyde nowruz), celebrated on Nowruz and marking the first day of spring and the beginning of the Iranian year as well as the Baha'i year
• Eid Mubarak (Persian: عید مبارک eyd mobârak, from the Arabic عید مبارﻙ ‘īd mubārak, lit. "bless you on this festival") or ("Have a good blessed festival"), a greeting used by Muslims during Eid ul-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
• Eid Milad an Nabi (عيد المولود نبي) ("Festival of the birth of the Prophet"), one of several names for Mawlid
• Eid al-Milad (Arabic: عيد الملاد īdu l-milād "Festival of the Birth"), Arabic phrase for Birthday.
• Eid al-Ghadeer, the day of Eid for Shia Muslims that marks the nomination of Ali, prophet's cousin, as the successor of the prophet
• Eid al-Mubahila, the day of Eid for Shia Muslims that marks the success of Muslims in a peaceful debate with Christians of the time
• Eid E Shuja, the day of Eid for Shia Muslims and marks the end of the mourning period after the events of Karbala
• Eid prayer (صلاة العيدين) (salatu'l-`idayn), prescribed in the first year after the hijra

Places

• Eid, Norway, municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
• Eid, Hordaland, former municipality in Hordaland, Norway
• Eid, Møre og Romsdal, former municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

Acronyms

• Ecological interface design, design framework for complex sociotechnical systems
• Electronic identity card, smartcard used for proof of identity
• Emerging infectious disease, term for an increasingly prevalent infectious disease
• Emotional instability disorder, psychological condition formerly known as borderline personality disorder (BPD).
• (usually "EID") -- a certain kind of employee ID, especially the kind assigned (one per person) to employees at companies who use PeopleSoft software.
• End-to-end distance

See also

• Eide (disambiguation)
• Ede (disambiguation)