محمود

Arabic

Etymology

The passive participle of حَمِدَ (ḥamida, “to praise”), from the root ح م د (ḥ m d).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maħ.muːd/

Adjective

مَحْمُود • (maḥmūd) (feminine مَحْمُودَة (maḥmūda), masculine plural مَحْمُودُون (maḥmūdūn), feminine plural مَحْمُودَات (maḥmūdāt))

1. praised
2. commendable, laudable, praiseworthy

Declension

Declension of adjective مَحْمُود (maḥmūd)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَحْمُود maḥmūd	الْمَحْمُود al-maḥmūd	مَحْمُودَة maḥmūda	الْمَحْمُودَة al-maḥmūda
nominative	مَحْمُودٌ maḥmūdun	الْمَحْمُودُ al-maḥmūdu	مَحْمُودَةٌ maḥmūdatun	الْمَحْمُودَةُ al-maḥmūdatu
accusative	مَحْمُودًا maḥmūdan	الْمَحْمُودَ al-maḥmūda	مَحْمُودَةً maḥmūdatan	الْمَحْمُودَةَ al-maḥmūdata
genitive	مَحْمُودٍ maḥmūdin	الْمَحْمُودِ al-maḥmūdi	مَحْمُودَةٍ maḥmūdatin	الْمَحْمُودَةِ al-maḥmūdati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَحْمُودَيْن maḥmūdayn	الْمَحْمُودَيْن al-maḥmūdayn	مَحْمُودَتَيْن maḥmūdatayn	الْمَحْمُودَتَيْن al-maḥmūdatayn
nominative	مَحْمُودَانِ maḥmūdāni	الْمَحْمُودَانِ al-maḥmūdāni	مَحْمُودَتَانِ maḥmūdatāni	الْمَحْمُودَتَانِ al-maḥmūdatāni
accusative	مَحْمُودَيْنِ maḥmūdayni	الْمَحْمُودَيْنِ al-maḥmūdayni	مَحْمُودَتَيْنِ maḥmūdatayni	الْمَحْمُودَتَيْنِ al-maḥmūdatayni
genitive	مَحْمُودَيْنِ maḥmūdayni	الْمَحْمُودَيْنِ al-maḥmūdayni	مَحْمُودَتَيْنِ maḥmūdatayni	الْمَحْمُودَتَيْنِ al-maḥmūdatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَحْمُودِين maḥmūdīn	الْمَحْمُودِين al-maḥmūdīn	مَحْمُودَات maḥmūdāt	الْمَحْمُودَات al-maḥmūdāt
nominative	مَحْمُودُونَ maḥmūdūna	الْمَحْمُودُونَ al-maḥmūdūna	مَحْمُودَاتٌ maḥmūdātun	الْمَحْمُودَاتُ al-maḥmūdātu
accusative	مَحْمُودِينَ maḥmūdīna	الْمَحْمُودِينَ al-maḥmūdīna	مَحْمُودَاتٍ maḥmūdātin	الْمَحْمُودَاتِ al-maḥmūdāti
genitive	مَحْمُودِينَ maḥmūdīna	الْمَحْمُودِينَ al-maḥmūdīna	مَحْمُودَاتٍ maḥmūdātin	الْمَحْمُودَاتِ al-maḥmūdāti

Proper noun

مَحْمُود • (maḥmūd) m

1. a male given name, Mahmood, Mahmoud, or Mahmud

Declension

Declension of noun مَحْمُود (maḥmūd)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	مَحْمُود maḥmūd	—
nominative	—	مَحْمُودٌ maḥmūdun	—
accusative	—	مَحْمُودًا maḥmūdan	—
genitive	—	مَحْمُودٍ maḥmūdin	—

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Mahmud
• → English: Mahmood, Mahmoud, Mahmud
• → Portuguese: Mafamude
• → Somali: Maxamuud
• → Turkish: Mahmut
• → Chinese: 馬哈茂德 / 马哈茂德 (Mǎhāmàodé) (transliteration)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “حمد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَحْمُود (maḥmūd).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mah.ˈmuːd/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɦ.múːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɦ.múːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.múːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.múd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɦ.múːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɦ.múd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	mahmūd
Dari reading?	mahmūd
Iranian reading?	mahmud
Tajik reading?	mahmud

Proper noun

محمود • (mahmūd / mahmud) (Tajik spelling Маҳмуд)

1. a male given name, Mahmood, Mahmoud, or Mahmud, from Arabic