Amida

Etymology 1
From, from , apparently from an  form with emphatic state ending equivalent to 🇨🇬.

Proper noun

 * 1) An ancient city in Mesopotamia located within modern Diyarbakır, Turkey.

Derived terms

 * Amidan

Translations

 * Arabic: آمِد
 * Armenian: Ամիդ
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Ἄμιδα
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: Amîda,
 * Latin: Amida
 * Marathi: आमिदा
 * Persian:
 * Russian:

Etymology 2
A borrowing of (Amida), q.v.

Proper noun

 * , the most important buddha of the Pure Land sect.

Usage notes
Amida is a common form of in English partially from the relative importance of Japanese forms of Buddhism such as Zen in English-speaking countries; it is also sometimes used to emphasize the specifically Japanese development of Pure Land doctrines.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  the, the Shmoneh Esreh Jewish silent prayer said while standing