Hadid
/ħaˈdiːd/noun
An Arabic word meaning iron, also used as a surname and place or personal name.
Did you know?Al-Ḥadīd, meaning “The Iron,” is the title of the Qur’an’s 57th chapter, whose 25th verse says that iron was sent down and contains formidable strength and benefits for people.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*ḥadīd-
“Iron; the reconstructed Semitic ancestor of the Arabic term”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
ḥadīd (حديد)
“Iron; also associated with sharpness or hardness through the related root ḥ-d-d”
7th Century
Qur’anic Arabic
al-ḥadīd (الحديد)
“The iron; the title of the Qur’an’s 57th chapter”
Medieval Arabic
Arabic
ḥaddād (حدّاد)
“Blacksmith, literally an artisan who works iron”
Modern English
English
Hadid
“A transliterated Arabic surname or name, famously borne by the Hadid family”