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baphomet

/ˈbæfəmɛt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables
baphomet
IPA
/ˈbæfəmɛt/
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that the Knights Templar worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Baphometh, deriving from Occitan Bafometz. Ostensibly a corruption of Andalusian Arabic مَحُمَّدْ (“Maḥummad”), ultimately deriving from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) (compare Old Catalan Mafumet and Old Galician-Portuguese Mafomat), which would make it a doublet of mammet and Muhammad. Other sources have been suggested.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Baphometh, Bafometz, مَحُمَّدْ, مُحَمَّد, ح م د

Derived Forms

Baphometic

Phrases

Baphomet moth

Questions

How do you pronounce baphomet?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbæfəmɛt/.
What does baphomet mean?
A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that the Knights Templar worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.
Where does baphomet come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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