[1][2][3] The word can also be transliterated into English as 'Abd, where the apostrophe indicates the ayin, denoting a voiced pharyngeal fricative consonant or some reflex of it.
In Western ears, it may be perceived as a guttural 'a' sound.
ʿĀbid (Arabic: عابد) is a given name meaning "worshipper".
It is based on the Arabic word "ʿIbādah", i.e. "worship".
The Hebrew cognate word with ʻabd is "ʻeved" (עבד), meaning slave.