محرم

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ħar.ram/

Etymology 1

Derived from the passive participle of حَرَّمَ (ḥarrama, “to forbid”); compare حَرَام (ḥarām, “forbidden”).

Adjective

مُحَرَّم • (muḥarram) (feminine مُحَرَّمَة (muḥarrama), masculine plural مُحَرَّمُونَ (muḥarramūna), feminine plural مُحَرَّمَات (muḥarramāt))

1. forbidden

Declension

Descendants

• → Portuguese: marrão
• → Spanish: marrano
  • → Catalan: marrà
  • → English: marrano
  • → Italian: marrano
  • → Portuguese: marrano
  • → Dutch: maraan
  • → Swedish: marran
  • → Sardinian: marranu
• → Chinese: 穆哈蘭姆月／穆哈兰姆月 (Mùhālánmǔyuè)
• → Japanese: マフラム (mafuramu)

Etymology 2

From الْمُحَرَّم (al-muḥarram, “the forbidden”), from الشَّهْر الْمُحَرَّم (aš-šahr al-muḥarram), literally "the forbidden month", for being one of the four months in which Arabs forbade fighting, a tradition continued in Islam. The month is of special importance for Shia Muslims, for being the month in which the Battle of Karbala occurred.

Proper noun

مُحَرَّم • (muḥarram) m

1. Muharram, the first of the twelve months of the Muslim lunar calendar, each beginning on a new moon.

   Synonym: اَلْمُحَرَّم (al-muḥarram)

Declension

Synonyms

• مُحَرَّم الْحَرَام (muḥarram al-ḥarām)

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: محرم (muharram)
• → Persian: محرم (moharram)
• → Chagatai: محرم
  • → Uzbek: muharram

See also

• كَانُون الثَّانِي (kānūn aṯ-ṯānī)
• يَنَايِر (yanāyir)
• صَفَر (ṣafar)

Malay

Alternative forms

• Muharam

Etymology

From Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muharam/
• Rhymes: -aram, -ram, -am

Proper noun

محرم (Muharam)

1. Muharram (the first month of the Islamic calendar)

Synonyms

• bulan sura / بولن سورا

See also

• (Islamic calendar months) Islamic calendar month; Muharam, Safar, Rabiulawal, Rabiulakhir, Jamadilawal, Jamadilakhir, Rejab, Syaaban, Ramadan, Syawal, Zulkaedah, Zulhijah ^{(Category: ms:Islamic months)}

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مَحْرَم (maḥram).

Pronunciation

Noun

محرم • (mahram)

1. (Islam) mahram; close family member who cannot be married
2. (by extension) confidant, intimate friend

   Synonyms: همدم (hamdam), دمساز (damsâz)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram).

Pronunciation

Noun

محرم • (moharram)

1. (Islam) Moharram (Islamic month)

See also

• (Islamic calendar months) تقویم هجری قمری; محرم, صفر, ربیع‌الاول, ربیع‌الثانی, جمادی‌الاول, جمادی‌الثانی, رجب, شعبان, رمضان, شوال, ذی‌القعده, ذی‌الحجه ^{(Category: fa:Islamic months)}

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “محرم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “محرم”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press