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No occurrence of this root with a meaning related to sacrifice occurs in the Qur'an but in the Hadith literature. The first word comes from the triliteral root ضحى ( ḍaḥḥā) with associated meanings of "immolate  offer up  sacrifice  victimize". The words أضحى ( aḍḥā) and قربان ( qurbān) are synonymous in meaning 'sacrifice' (animal sacrifice), 'offering' or 'oblation'. Arthur Jeffery contests this etymology, and believes the term to have been borrowed into Arabic from Syriac, or less likely Targumic Aramaic. It itself is a triliteral root ‏ عيد‎ with associated root meanings of "to go back, to rescind, to accrue, to be accustomed, habits, to repeat, to be experienced appointed time or place, anniversary, feast day". The Arabic word عيد ( ʿīd) means 'festival', 'celebration', 'feast day', or 'holiday'. 7 Eid al-Adha in the Gregorian calendarĮid al-Adha is also pronounced Eid al-Azha and Eidul Azha, primarily in Iran and regions influenced by the Persian language like the Indian subcontinent / ˌ iː d əl ˈ ɑː d ə, - ˈ ɑː d h ɑː/ EED əl AH-də, -⁠ AHD-hah Arabic: عيد الأضحى, romanized: ʿĪd al-ʾAḍḥā, IPA.In the international (Gregorian) calendar, the dates vary from year to year, shifting approximately 11 days earlier each year. In the Islamic lunar calendar, Eid al-Adha falls on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah and lasts for four days. The day is also sometimes called the Greater Eid. Sweets and gifts are given, and extended family members are typically visited and welcomed. Part of their meat is consumed by the family which offers the animal, while the rest of the meat is distributed to the poor and the needy. In commemoration of this intervention, animals are ritually sacrificed. Before Ibrahim could sacrifice his son, however, Allah provided him with a lamb which he was supposed to kill in his son's place because of his willingness to sacrifice his own son in the name of God.

It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ismail (Ishmael) as an act of obedience to Allah's command. Eid prayers, animal slaughter, charity, social gatherings, festive meals, gift-givingĮid al-Adha ( Arabic: عيد الأضحى, romanized: ʿĪd al-ʾAḍḥā, lit.'Feast of the Sacrifice') is the second and the bigger of the two main holidays celebrated in Islam (the other being Eid al-Fitr).