Editing Mawlid (section)

==Etymology==
The term {{Transliteration|ar|Mawlid}} is derived from the Arabic root word {{Transliteration|ar|walad}}, meaning "to give birth" or "descendant".<ref>{{lang|ar|قاموس المنجد}} – Moungued Dictionary (paper), or online: [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/arabic/%25D9%2588%25D9%2584%25D8%25AF Webster's Arabic English Dictionary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212031920/http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/arabic/%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF|date=12 February 2009}}</ref> Although it is a generic term for any day of birth, {{Transliteration|ar|Mawlid}} usually refers to the observance of the birthday of Muhammad.<ref name=Reference.com>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mawlid Mawlid]. Reference.com</ref><ref name="BBC" />

Along with being referred to as the celebration of the birth of Muhammad, the term Mawlid refers to the 'text especially composed for and recited at Muhammad's nativity celebration' or "a text recited or sung on that day".{{Sfn|Knappert|1988|pp=209–215}}