Meaning
A pious ascetic devoted to worship and abstinence.
Literally: devout, pious one
Related words
ARABIC
Zaahid
The ascetic or abstinent pietist who shuns worldly pleasure; in the ghazal a figure of dry, often self-righteous renunciation.
ARABIC
Aabid
A devout worshipper given to constant prayer and ritual devotion.
PERSIAN
Parsa
A chaste, pious, and abstinent person; the outwardly virtuous one of the ghazal world.