Muharram

muharram muhàrram English Alternative forms en Moharram Mohurram Mohurrum en Muharrem via Ottoman Turkish Etymology From en ar مُحَرَّم forbidden, from ar حَرَّمَ to forbid. en marrano. en ar ح ر م Pronunciation en /muːˈhaɹəm/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Muharram.wav Southern England Proper noun s en Q1952053 en Islam The first month of the Islamic calendar, when many Islamic communities hold a festival commemorating the deaths of the grandsons of Muhammad. from 17th c. en Muharram al-Haram en 1888 Rudyard Kipling His Chance in Life Plain Tales from the Hills Folio 2005 56 These, hearing nothing of the Collector-Sahib for some time, and heartily despising the Hindu Sub-Judge, arranged to start a little Mohurrum riot of their own. en 1924 w:EM Forster A Passage to India 77 Penguin 2005 ‘I don't much believe in this discussing – besides, I'm so dead with all the extra work Mohurram's bringing, if you'll excuse me.’ en 1990 w:Peter Hopkirk The Great Game 100 Folio Society 2010 It was unfortunate, moreover, that he arrived in Teheran in January 1829 during the holy month of Muharram, when feelings run high and the faithful slash themselves with swords and pour glowing cinders on their heads. en 1994 ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Jabartī; Thomas Philipp; Guido Schwald 4 ʻAbd Al-Raḥmān Al-Jabartī's History of Egypt: ʻajāʾib Al-āthār Fī ʾl-tarājim Waʾl-akhbār 9783515057561 were two Muharrams in the first year, the first being the beginning of the new year and the other the added month. The number of months was 13. After the passage of two or three years, when the period for the intercalated month had come to A Shiite festival held during its first ten days; Ashura. en 2014 James Lambert A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson' International Journal of Lexicography 27 1 67 It is now clear that the term Hobson-Jobson was originally a deprecating Anglo-Indian slang term for the Muharram used particularly in the army and merchant navy but also more widely. Translations the first month of the Islamic calendar Acehnese: ace Asan Usén Arabic: ar مُحَرَّم m Azerbaijani: az məhərrəm Catalan: ca muhàrram m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 穆哈蘭姆月 French: fr mouharram Gujarati: gu મોહરમ m Hausa: ha Muharram Hindi: hi मुहर्रम m Japanese: ja ムハッラム Muharramu Kazakh: kk мұхаррам Malay: ms Muharam, ms bulan sura Marathi: mr मुहर्रम Persian: fa محرم moharram Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh мухарем m Latin: sh muharem m Tajik: tg муҳаррам Turkish: tr muharrem, tr matem ayı Urdu: ur محرم m muharram Uyghur: ug مۇھەررەم Uzbek: uz muharram a Shiite festival held during its first ten days Arabic: ar ذِكْرَى مُحَرَّم f Hindi: hi मुहर्रम m Marathi: mr मुहर्रम Persian: fa محرم moharram Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh мухарем m Latin: sh muharem m See also Hausa Etymology Borrowed from ha ar مُحَرَّم. Pronunciation mùhar̃r̃àm Proper noun m Mùhar̃r̃àm en Muharram See also