Word
abbasid
Phoneticsab·basid
Definition
n. a member of the Abbasid family or dynasty.
n. a member of the dynasty of caliphs that ruled from Baghdad, claiming descent from Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib.
Examples
“The last Abbasid in Baghdad was killed during the Mongol invasion.”
“The Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate in 750, shifting the empire's capital eastward to the newly founded city of Baghdad.”
Examples
simple
“The last Abbasid in Baghdad was killed during the Mongol invasion.”
complex
“The Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate in 750, shifting the empire's capital eastward to the newly founded city of Baghdad.”
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Abbasidēs, from Abbas + -idēs (patronymic suffix). By surface analysis, Abbas + -id (dynastic suffix).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.