محمد

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Arabic

A common calligraphic representation of Muhammad's name

Etymology 1

Root
ح م د (ḥ m d)
12 terms

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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• IPA^(key): (conquest Arabic) /maħ.mad/, /maħ.mid/

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

• Andalusian Arabic: مَحَمَّدْ (Maḥammad)
  • → Catalan: Mafumet
  • → Latin: Mahomētus, Machomētus, Mahomētēs, Maomētus
    • Middle French: Mahomet
      • French: Mahomet
        • → Russian: Магоме́т (Magomét)
        • → Ukrainian: Магоме́т (Mahomét)
    • → Middle English: Macomet, Mahomet
      • English: Mahomet
    • → Polish: Mahomet
    • Italian: Maometto
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: Mafomede
    • Portuguese: Mafamede, Mafomede, Mofamede, Maomé
  • → Spanish: Mahoma
    • → Tagalog: Mahoma
• Maltese: Mħammed, Imħammed (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)
• → Azerbaijani: Məhəmməd
• → Burmese: မုဟမ္မဒ် (mu.hammad)
• → Chinese: 穆罕默德 (Mùhǎnmòdé)
• → Classical Persian: مُحَمَّد (muhammad), ممد (mammad) (diminutive)
  • → Bengali: মুহাম্মদ (muhammod), মুহম্মদ (muhommod), মহম্মদ (mohommod), মোহাম্মদ (mōhammod), মোহম্মদ (mōhommod)
  • → Dhivehi: މުޙައްމަދ (muḥammad)
  • → Gujarati: મહમદ (mahmad), મામદ (māmad)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: मुहम्मद (muhammad), मोहम्मद (mohammad), महम्मद (mahammad), महमद (mahmad) — rare, obsolete

    Urdu: مُحَمَّد (muhammad)

  • → Kazakh: Мұқанбет (Muqanbet), Мәмбет (Mämbet), Мәмет (Mämet)
  • → Kyrgyz: Мамбет (Mambet)
  • → Kachchi: મામધ (māmadh)
  • → Kannada: ಮುಹಮ್ಮದ್ (muhammad)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਹੰਮਦ (muhammad), ਮੋਹੰਮਦ (mohammad), ਮਹੰਮਦ (mahammad) — rare, obsolete

    Shahmukhi script: مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)

  • → Sindhi: مُحَمَدُ (muḥamadu)
  • → Telugu: మహమ్మద్ (mahammad)
• → English: Muhammad
• → Javanese: Mukamat, ꦩꦸꦏꦩꦠ꧀ (mukamat)
• → Malay: Muhammad
• → Malayalam: മുഹമ്മദ് (muhammadŭ), മൊഹമ്മദ് (mohammadŭ), മമ്മദ് (mammadŭ), മമ്മത് (mammatŭ)
• → Maltese: Muħammed
• → Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mhmd /⁠*mahmad⁠/)
• → Bhojpuri: 𑂧𑂳𑂯𑂧𑂹𑂧𑂠𑂹 (muhammad)
• → Kashmiri: 𑆩𑆶𑆲𑆩𑇀𑆩𑆢 (muhammad)
• → Odia: ମହମ୍ମଦ (mahammada), ମୁହମ୍ମଦ (muhammada), ମୁହ଼ମ୍ମଦ (muḥammada), ମୋହମ୍ମଦ (mohammada) — uncommon
• → Ottoman Turkish: محمد (Muhammed, Mehemmed, Mehmed)
  • Turkish: Muhammet, Muhammed, Mehmet, Mehmed
  • → Albanian: Muhammedi, Muhamedi, Muhameti
  • → Bulgarian: Мохамед (Mohamed)
  • → Romanian: Mahomed
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: Мухамед
    • Latin script: Muhamed
  • → Slovak: Mohamed
  • → Slovene: Móhamed
• → Somali: Maxamed
• → Tamil: முகம்மது (mukammatu), முகமது (mukamatu)
• → Tigrinya: መሓመ፟ድ (mäḥammäd)

Adjective

مُحَمَّد • (muḥammad) (feminine مُحَمَّدَة (muḥammada), masculine plural مُحَمَّدُون (muḥammadūn), 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 prophetsedit

• 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 (dāwud)
• سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān)
• يُونُس (yūnus)
• إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās)
• الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ)
• زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā)
• يَحْيَى (yaḥyā)
• عِيسَى (ʕīsā)
• مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)

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

Malay

Proper noun

محمد

1. Jawi spelling of Muhammad.‎

Ottoman Turkish

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Arabic حَمَّدَ (ḥammada)

Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)bor.

Ottoman Turkish محمد

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

Proper noun

محمد • (Mehmed, Mehemmed, Muhammed)

1. the Islamic prophet Muhammad
2. a male given name, Muhammad, Muhammat, Muhammed, Muhammet, Mohammed, Mohammad, Mehmed, and Mehmet, from Arabic

Coordinate terms

Islamic prophetsedit

• آدم (âdem)
• ادریس (idrîs)
• نوح (nûh)
• هود (hûd)
• صالح (sâlih)
• ابراهیم (ibrâhîm)
• لوط (lût)
• اسماعیل (ismâʿîl)
• اسحاق (ishâk)
• یعقوب (yaʿkûb)
• یوسف (yûsuf)
• ایوب (eyyûb)
• ذو الكفل (zülkifl)
• شعیب (şuʿayb)
• موسی (mûsâ)
• هارون (hârûn)
• داوود (dâvûd)
• سلیمان (süleymân)
• یونس (yûnüs)
• الیاس (ilyâs)
• الیسع (elyesaʿ)
• زكریا (zekeriyyâ)
• یحیی (yahyâ)
• عیسی (ʿîsâ)
• محمد (muhammed)

Descendants

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

Pashto

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Arabic حَمَّدَ (ḥammada)

Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)bor.

Pashto محمد

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

Proper noun

محمد • (mohammad)

1. (Islam) Muhammad
2. a male given name, Muhammad, Mohammed, and Mohammad, from Arabic

Persian

Alternative forms

• ممد (mammad) (diminutive)

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Arabic حَمَّدَ (ḥammada)

Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)bor.

Persian محمد

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.ham.ˈmad/

 

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

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

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

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

• Rhymes: -ad

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

Proper noun

محمد • (muhammad / mohammad) (Tajik spelling Муҳаммад)

1. (Islam, uncountable) Muhammad (the figure who introduced Islam, and the man to whom the Qur'an was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís)
2. (Islam, uncountable) Muhammad (the 47th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an)
3. a male given name, Muhammad, Mohammed, and Mohammad, from Arabic

Coordinate terms

Islamic prophetsedit

• آدم (ādam / âdam)
• ادریس (idrīs / edris)
• نوح (nōh / nuh)
• هود (hūd / hud)
• صالح (sālih / sâleh)
• ابراهیم (ibrāhīm / ebrâhim)
• لوط (lūt / lut)
• اسماعیل (ismā'īl / esmâ'il)
• اسحاق (ishāq / eshâġ)
• یعقوب (ya'qūb / ya'ġub)
• یوسف (yūsuf / yusof)
• ایوب (ayyūb / eyyub)
• ذوالکفل (zū-l-kifl / zu-l-kefl)
• شعیب (šu'ayb / šo'eyb)
• موسی (mūsā / musâ)
• هارون (hārūn / hârun)
• داوود (dāwūd / dâvud)
• سلیمان (sulaymān / soleymân)
• یونس (yūnis / yunes)
• الیاس (ilyās / elyâs)
• الیسع (alyasa')
• زکریا (zakariyyā / zakariyâ)
• یحیی (yahyā / yahyâ)
• عیسی (īsā / isâ)
• محمد (muhammad / mohammad)

Descendants

• → Bengali: মুহাম্মদ (muhammod), মুহম্মদ (muhommod), মহম্মদ (mohommod), মোহাম্মদ (mōhammod), মোহম্মদ (mōhommod)
• → Dhivehi: މުޙައްމަދ (muḥammad)
• → Gujarati: મહમદ (mahmad), મામદ (māmad)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मुहम्मद (muhammad), मोहम्मद (mohammad), महम्मद (mahammad), महमद (mahmad) — rare, obsolete

  Urdu: مُحَمَّد (muhammad)

• → Kazakh: Мұқанбет (Muqanbet), Мәмбет (Mämbet), Мәмет (Mämet)
• → Kyrgyz: Мамбет (Mambet)
• → Kachchi: મામધ (māmadh)
• → Kannada: ಮುಹಮ್ಮದ್ (muhammad)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਹੰਮਦ (muhammad), ਮੋਹੰਮਦ (mohammad), ਮਹੰਮਦ (mahammad) — rare, obsolete

  Shahmukhi script: مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)

• → Sindhi: مُحَمَدُ (muḥamadu)
• → Telugu: మహమ్మద్ (mahammad)

Punjabi

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Arabic حَمَّدَ (ḥammada)

Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)bor.

Classical Persian مُحَمَّد (muhammad)bor.

Punjabi محمد

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُحَمَّد (muhammad).

Proper noun

محمد • (muhammad) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੁਹੰਮਦ)

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

Sindhi

Etymology

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Arabic حَمَّدَ (ḥammada)

Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)bor.

Classical Persian مُحَمَّد (muhammad)bor.

Sindhi محمد

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُحَمَّد (muhammad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʊ(ɦ).məd̪], [mɔ(ɦ).məd̪]

Proper noun

مُحَمَدُ • (muḥamadu) m

1. (Islam, uncountable) Muhammad
2. a male given name, Muhammad, Mohammed, and Mohammad, from Arabic

Further reading

• Sindhi Language Authority (2026), “محمد”, in Online Sindhi Dictionaries‎^[1]

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

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Arabic حَمَّدَ (ḥammada)

Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)lbor.

South Levantine Arabic محمد

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

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Arabic حَمَّدَ (ḥammada)

Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)

South Levantine Arabic محمد

Inherited 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 and Mohammed

Urdu

Etymology

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Arabic حَمَّدَ (ḥammada)

Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)bor.

Classical Persian مُحَمَّد (muhammad)bor.

Urdu محمد

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُحَمَّد (muhammad).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

مُحَمَّد • (muhammad) m (Hindi spelling मुहम्मद)

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

See also

Islamic prophetsedit

• آدَم (ādam)
• اِدْرِیس (idrīs)
• نُوح (nūh)
• ہُود (hūd)
• صالِح (sālih)
• اِبْراہِیم (ibrāhīm)
• لُوط (lūt)
• اِسْماعِیل (ismā'īl)
• اِسْحاق (ishāq)
• یَعْقُوب (ya'qūb)
• یُوسُف (yūsuf)
• اَیُّوب (ayyūb)
• ذُو الْکِفْل (zul-kifl)
• شُعَیب (śu'aib)
• مُوسیٰ (mūsā)
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