محمد

ﷴ U+FDF4, ﷴ ARABIC LIGATURE MOHAMMAD ISOLATED FORM ← ﷳ [U+FDF3] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﷵ → [U+FDF5]

Arabic

one common calligraphic representation of Muhammad's name

Etymology 1

Root
ح م د (ḥ-m-d)

Derived from the passive participle of the verb حَمَّدَ (ḥammada, “to praise, commend, laud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ħam.mad/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

مُحَمَّد • (muḥammad) m

1. the Islamic prophet Muhammad
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:144:

     وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ

     wa-mā muḥammadun ʔillā rasūlun qad ḵalat min qablihi r-rusulu

     Muhammad is not but a messenger. Messengers have passed on before him.

2. a male given name, variously transliterated as: Muhammad, Mohammed, Mahomet, etc. (see Muhammad for an extensive list)
3. The 47th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Declension

Declension of noun مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	مُحَمَّد muḥammad	—
Nominative	—	مُحَمَّدٌ muḥammadun	—
Accusative	—	مُحَمَّدًا muḥammadan	—
Genitive	—	مُحَمَّدٍ muḥammadin	—

Derived terms

• مُحَمَّدِيّ (muḥammadiyy)

Descendants

• Maltese: Mħammed, (euphonic) Imħammed
• → Azerbaijani: Məhəmməd
• → Chinese: 穆罕默德 (Mùhǎnmòdé)
• → English: Muhammad
• → Malayalam: മുഹമ്മദ് (muhammadŭ), മൊഹമ്മദ് (mohammadŭ), മമ്മദ് (mammadŭ), മമ്മത് (mammatŭ)
• → Maltese: Muħammed
• → Classical Persian: مُحَمَّد (muhammad) (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: Mafomede
  • Portuguese: Mafamede, Mafomede, Mofamede, Maomé
• → Ottoman Turkish: محمد (see there for further descendants)
• → Spanish: Mahoma
  • → Tagalog: Mahoma
• → Tamil: முகம்மது (mukammatu), முகமது (mukamatu)

Adjective

مُحَمَّد • (muḥammad) (feminine مُحَمَّدَة (muḥammada), masculine plural مُحَمَّدُونَ (muḥammadūna), feminine plural مُحَمَّدَات (muḥammadāt))

1. commendable, laudable, praised, praiseworthy

Declension

Declension of adjective مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُحَمَّد muḥammad	الْمُحَمَّد al-muḥammad	مُحَمَّدَة muḥammada	الْمُحَمَّدَة al-muḥammada
Nominative	مُحَمَّدٌ muḥammadun	الْمُحَمَّدُ al-muḥammadu	مُحَمَّدَةٌ muḥammadatun	الْمُحَمَّدَةُ al-muḥammadatu
Accusative	مُحَمَّدًا muḥammadan	الْمُحَمَّدَ al-muḥammada	مُحَمَّدَةً muḥammadatan	الْمُحَمَّدَةَ al-muḥammadata
Genitive	مُحَمَّدٍ muḥammadin	الْمُحَمَّدِ al-muḥammadi	مُحَمَّدَةٍ muḥammadatin	الْمُحَمَّدَةِ al-muḥammadati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُحَمَّدَيْن muḥammadayn	الْمُحَمَّدَيْن al-muḥammadayn	مُحَمَّدَتَيْن muḥammadatayn	الْمُحَمَّدَتَيْن al-muḥammadatayn
Nominative	مُحَمَّدَانِ muḥammadāni	الْمُحَمَّدَانِ al-muḥammadāni	مُحَمَّدَتَانِ muḥammadatāni	الْمُحَمَّدَتَانِ al-muḥammadatāni
Accusative	مُحَمَّدَيْنِ muḥammadayni	الْمُحَمَّدَيْنِ al-muḥammadayni	مُحَمَّدَتَيْنِ muḥammadatayni	الْمُحَمَّدَتَيْنِ al-muḥammadatayni
Genitive	مُحَمَّدَيْنِ muḥammadayni	الْمُحَمَّدَيْنِ al-muḥammadayni	مُحَمَّدَتَيْنِ muḥammadatayni	الْمُحَمَّدَتَيْنِ al-muḥammadatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُحَمَّدِين muḥammadīn	الْمُحَمَّدِين al-muḥammadīn	مُحَمَّدَات muḥammadāt	الْمُحَمَّدَات al-muḥammadāt
Nominative	مُحَمَّدُونَ muḥammadūna	الْمُحَمَّدُونَ al-muḥammadūna	مُحَمَّدَاتٌ muḥammadātun	الْمُحَمَّدَاتُ al-muḥammadātu
Accusative	مُحَمَّدِينَ muḥammadīna	الْمُحَمَّدِينَ al-muḥammadīna	مُحَمَّدَاتٍ muḥammadātin	الْمُحَمَّدَاتِ al-muḥammadāti
Genitive	مُحَمَّدِينَ muḥammadīna	الْمُحَمَّدِينَ al-muḥammadīna	مُحَمَّدَاتٍ muḥammadātin	الْمُحَمَّدَاتِ al-muḥammadāti

See also

• (Islamic prophets) آدَم (ʔādam), إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs), نُوح (nūḥ), هُود (hūd), صَالِح (ṣāliḥ), إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), لُوط (lūṭ), إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl), إِسْحَاق (ʔisḥāq), يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb), يُوسُف (yūsuf), أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb), ذُو الْكِفْل (ḏū l-kifl), شُعَيْب (šuʕayb), مُوسَى (mūsā), هَارُون (hārūn), دَاوُد (dāwūd), سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), يُونُس (yūnus), إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās), الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ), زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), عِيسَى (ʕīsā), مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) ^{(Category: ar:Islamic prophets)}

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maħ.mad/

Noun

مَحْمَد • (maḥmad) m

1. verbal noun of حَمِدَ (ḥamida) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun مَحْمَد (maḥmad)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَحْمَد maḥmad	الْمَحْمَد al-maḥmad	مَحْمَد maḥmad
Nominative	مَحْمَدٌ maḥmadun	الْمَحْمَدُ al-maḥmadu	مَحْمَدُ maḥmadu
Accusative	مَحْمَدًا maḥmadan	الْمَحْمَدَ al-maḥmada	مَحْمَدَ maḥmada
Genitive	مَحْمَدٍ maḥmadin	الْمَحْمَدِ al-maḥmadi	مَحْمَدِ maḥmadi

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maħ.mid/

Noun

مَحْمِد • (maḥmid) m

1. verbal noun of حَمِدَ (ḥamida) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun مَحْمِد (maḥmid)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَحْمِد maḥmid	الْمَحْمِد al-maḥmid	مَحْمِد maḥmid
Nominative	مَحْمِدٌ maḥmidun	الْمَحْمِدُ al-maḥmidu	مَحْمِدُ maḥmidu
Accusative	مَحْمِدًا maḥmidan	الْمَحْمِدَ al-maḥmida	مَحْمِدَ maḥmida
Genitive	مَحْمِدٍ maḥmidin	الْمَحْمِدِ al-maḥmidi	مَحْمِدِ maḥmidi

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

Proper noun

محمد • (Mehmed, Mehemmed, Muhammed)

1. the Islamic prophet Muhammad
2. a male given name from Arabic: Muhammad, Mohammed

Descendants

• Turkish: Muhammet, Muhammed, Mehmet, Mehmed
• → Albanian: Muhammedi
• → Bulgarian: Мохамед (Mohamed)
• → Romanian: Mahomed
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: Мухамед
  • Latin script: Muhamed
• → Slovak: Mohamed
• → Slovene: Móhamed

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

Proper noun

محمد • (mohammad)

1. the Islamic prophet Muhammad
2. a male given name from Arabic: Muhammad, Mohammed

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.ham.ˈmað]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ɦäm.mǽd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ɦäm.mǽd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.wäm.mǽd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.wäm.mǽd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ɦæm.mǽd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ɦäm.mǽd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	muhammaḏ
Dari reading?	mohammad
Iranian reading?	mohammad
Tajik reading?	muhammad

Proper noun

Dari	محمد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Муҳаммад

محمد • (mohammad)

1. the Islamic prophet Muhammad
2. a male given name, Muhammad, Mohammed, or Mohammad, from Arabic

Descendants

• → Bengali: মুহাম্মদ (muhammod)
• → Dhivehi: މުޙައްމަދ (muḥammad)
• → Gujarati: મુહંમદ (muhammad)
• Hindustani:
  • → Hindi: मोहम्मद (mohammad), मुहम्मद (muhammad)
  • → Urdu: مُحَمَّد (muhammad)
• → Kannada: ಮುಹಮ್ಮದ್ (muhammad)
• Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਹੰਮਦ (muhammad)
  • Shahmukhi script: مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)
• → Sindhi: مُحَمَّد
• → Telugu: మహమ్మద్ (mahammad)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُحَمَّد (muhammad), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

Proper noun

محمد • (muhammad) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੁਹੰਮਦ)

1. the Islamic prophet Muhammad
2. a male given name from Arabic: Muhammad, Mohammed

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُحَمَّد (muhammad), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʊhəmməd̪]

Proper noun

مُحَمَّد • (muhammad) m

1. (Islam) the prophet Muhammad
2. a male given name from Arabic: Muhammad, Mohammed

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ħam.mad/, [muˈħam.mad]

Proper noun

محمد • (muḥammad) m

1. the Islamic prophet Muhammad

Etymology 2

From Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mħam.mad/, [(ɪ)mˈħam.mad]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Proper noun

محمد • (mḥammad) m

1. a male given name, Muhammad or Mohammed

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُحَمَّد (muhammad), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /moː.ɦəm.məd̪/, /mʊ.ɦəm.məd̪/, [mɔ.ɦɔm.məd̪]

Proper noun

موحَمَّد or مُحَمَّد • (mohammad or muhammad) m (Hindi spelling मोहम्मद or मुहम्मद)

1. the Islamic prophet Muhammad
2. a male given name from Arabic: Muhammad, Mohammed