Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

muharram

/muːˈhaɹəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: muhar-ram
IPA: /muːˈhaɹəm/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The first month of the Islamic calendar, when many Islamic communities hold a festival commemorating the deaths of the grandsons of Muhammad.

name

A Shiite festival held during its first ten days; Ashura.

Example Sentences

"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."
"‘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.’"
"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."
"[…]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[…]"
"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."

Etymology

From Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram, “forbidden”), from حَرَّمَ (ḥarrama, “to forbid”). Doublet of marrano.

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: مُحَرَّم, ح ر م

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /muːˈhaɹəm/

Inflected Forms

Muharrams (plural) Moharram (alternative) Mohurram (alternative) Mohurrum (alternative) Muharrem (alternative)

Synonyms

Muharram al-Haram moharram muharrum

Rhymes With

karam sarum

Questions

How do you pronounce muharram?: The recorded pronunciation is /muːˈhaɹəm/.
What does muharram mean?: The first month of the Islamic calendar, when many Islamic communities hold a festival commemorating the deaths of the grandsons of Muhammad.
Where does muharram come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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