"Feast" meaning in All languages combined

See Feast on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Feasts [plural]
Etymology: From either Middle English fist (“fist”), perhaps a nickname for an aggressive person, or from Middle English fest (“fart”). The Baháʼí sense is a calque of Calque of Persian ضیافت (ziyâfat). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|fist||fist}} Middle English fist (“fist”), {{der|en|enm|fest||fart}} Middle English fest (“fart”), {{calque|en|fa|ضیافت|tr=ziyâfat}} Calque of Persian ضیافت (ziyâfat) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Feast (plural Feasts)
  1. A surname from Middle English.
    Sense id: en-Feast-en-name-Bz4-slhQ Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22
  2. (Baháʼí Faith) A Baháʼí community meeting; occuring every nineteen days.
    Sense id: en-Feast-en-name-JVba~pEV Categories (other): Baháʼí Faith

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