Mahomet

English Etymology From en enm Macomet, from en la Machometus, la Mahometus, from en ar مُحَمَّد. en Muhammad. en ar ح م د Pronunciation en /mɑˈhoʊmɛt/ Proper noun en obsolete or archaic en Muhammad the prophet who introduced Islam. en w:Charles Mac Farlane Constantinople in 1828. A Residence of Sixteen Months in the Turkish Capital and Provinces:with an Account of the Present State of the Naval and Military Power, and of the Resourses of the Ottoman Empire. London Saunders and Otley,Conduit Street 1829 120 The sultan and all his grandees, confident in the means of protection, entered the serraglio, took down the sangiac-sheriff, or sacred standard of Mahomet, and, headed by a number of Oulemas reciting apposite passages from the Koran, proceeded forthwith to the imperial mosque of Achmet, in the square of the Hippodrome, at a very few paces from the palace. en rare en male. Usage notes This was the predominant spelling until the late 1700s, when it was overtaken by en Mohammed and then ultimately en Muhammad, which see for more. Derived terms en Mahometism Mahometist Mahometry Anagrams en aehmmot Mohamet French fr: Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-Mahomet.wav <<France>> (<<Brétigny-sur-Orge>>) Proper noun m fr Islam Muhammad (Islamic prophet) fr le Prophète Usage notes Francophone Muslims usually prefer fr Mohamed or other forms closer to the Arabic, but fr Mahomet remains more current in secular contexts. The form Mahomet is reserved for the Prophet and not used for modern Muslims with equivalent names. Interlingua Proper noun ia proper noun ia Islam Muhammad (Islamic prophet) Middle French Proper noun frm proper noun Muhammad (Islamic prophet) Polish pl: Etymology pl :lbor la:Mahometus<ety:uder<ar:مُحَمَّد>> 2 1 Pronunciation Pl-Mahomet.ogg Proper noun m-pr pl Islam Muhammad Islamic prophet Declension s Further reading pl Individuals Qur'an