Save Gender Masculine Usage Malay, Indonesian, Turkish Pronounced Pron. /a.ˈbi.din/(Malay, Indonesian) [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Arabic عابدين (ʿābidīn), the plural of عابد (ʿābid) meaning "worshipper, adorer". It is sometimes used as a shortened form of Zayn al-Abidin.