murid

English

Etymology 1

Noun

murid (plural murids)

1. Any rodent in the family Muridae.

   Hypernyms: myomorph, muroid

   Hyponym: murine

Usage notes

• The hypernymy of the words in their strict senses is muroid (superfamily Muroidea) > murid (family Muridae) > murine (subfamily Murinae), although in broad use the taxon-specific distinctions below superfamily are often ignored.

Translations

any rodent in the family Muridae

Hungarian: egérfélék pl Vietnamese: chuột (vi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic مُرِيد (murīd, literally “seeker”).

Noun

murid (plural murids)

1. A Sufi novice committed to enlightenment under a spiritual guide.

Anagrams

• mudir, dumri

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• moerid (1947–1972)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay murid, from Arabic مُرِيد (murīd).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmurid/ [ˈmu.rɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -urid
• Syllabification: mu‧rid

Noun

murid (plural murid-murid)

1. (education) disciple, pupil, student

   Synonyms: pelajar, peserta didik, siswa, siswi

Further reading

• “murid”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Maguindanao

Alternative forms

• mulid

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay murid (“pupil; student”), from Arabic مُرِيد (murīd).

Noun

murid

1. disciple

See also

• paganad