Different names for Milad un Nabi Sallelahu Alai his Sallam in Contemporary Muslim World

The word Milad is derived from Mawlid, which in turn is derived from the Arabic root word Wa La Da (ولد‎), meaning to give birth, bear a child, descendant. In contemporary usage, Mawlid refers to the observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Other terms used for this event include:

• Mawlid an-Nabī (pl. al-Mawālid) - The Birth of the Prophet (Arabic)
• Milād an-Nabī - The Birth of the Prophet (Arabic / Urdu)
• Mevlid Şerif - The Blessed Birth (Turkish)
• Mevlud/Mevlid - Birth (Bosnian)
• Mawlūd Sharīf - The Blessed Birth (Dari(Afg)/Urdu)
• Zadruz-e Payambar-e Akram - The birth of the great/blessed Prophet (Persian)
• Eid al-Mawlid an-Nabawī - Festival of the birth of the Prophet (Arabic)
• Eid-e-Milād-un-Nabī - Festival of the birth of the Prophet (Urdu)
• Mawlid En-Nabaoui Echarif -The Blessed Birth of the Prophet ([1]Algerian)
• Yawm an-Nabī - The Day of the Prophet (Arabic)
• Maulidur-Rasūl - The Birth of the Messenger of Allah (Malay)
• Mulud - The Birth (Javanese)
• Maulid Nabi - The Birth of the Prophet (Indonesian)
• Maulud Nabi - The Birth of the Prophet (Malaysian)

Milad an Nabi Sallelahu Alai his Sallam falls 12th of Rabi'-ul-Awwal. This year it will be on February 26, 2010......