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thamud

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thamud
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a people of ancient Arabia, known from the first millennium B.C.E. to near the time of Muhammad, and according to the Qur'an punished and destroyed by an earthquake.

Etymology

From Arabic ثَمُود (ṯamūd).

Inflected Forms

Thamuds (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Thamudic

Questions

What does thamud mean?
A member of a people of ancient Arabia, known from the first millennium B.C.E. to near the time of Muhammad, and according to the Qur'an punished and destroyed by an earthquake.
Where does thamud come from?
From Arabic ثَمُود (ṯamūd).

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