Muhammad

English

Alternative forms

• Mahomet was the predominant form until the late 1700s. Mohammed was the predominant form from then until the 1940s, when it was overtaken by Muhammad, which has been predominant ever since. Other forms which are now quite common are Mohammad, Mohamed, and Muhammed, which all came into common use after the 1820s.

other forms

• (fairly common today:) Mahomed, Mahommed, Mehemet, Mohamad
• (fairly common historically but uncommon today:) Muhamed, Muhammat, Muhamad, Mehemed, Mehemmed, Mahoma, Muhammud, Mahemet, Mehemmet
• (Ottoman/Turkish-derived:) Mehmed, Mehmet
• (uncommon:) Mohamet, Mahamad, Mahammad, Mahamet, Mahumet, Mohammet, Mahammed, Mahamed, Mahommet, Mahomad, Machomet, Mahommad, Muhammet, Mahomat, Muhamet, Muhamat, Maomet, Mohamat
• (rare:) Mahamat, Mahamid, Mohamud, Mohammud, Mahomett, Mohamid, Mohammid, Muhamud, Muhammid, Mahammet, Muhamid, Magomet, Mohemet, Mehammed, Mohemmed, Mehamet, Mohemed, Mahemed; Mouhammad, Mouhamed, Mouhamad
• (very rare:) Machoumet, Mahamath, Mahamett, Mahamit, Mahammat, Mahammid, Mahemett, Mahemmed, Mahemmet, Mahometh, Mahommat, Mahommett, Mahoumed, Mahoumet, Mahumett, Mehamid, Mehammad, Mehemett, Moammed, Mohamit, Mohammat, Mohamut, Mohemmet, Mohomet, Mouhamet, Mouhammed, Muammed, Muhamut, Muhemmad, Mathomus
• (rare, derived from modern scholarly transliterations of Arabic:) Muħammad, Muḥammad

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic (deprecated template usage) مُحَمَّد (muḥammad), the past participle of (deprecated template usage) حَمِدَ (ħámida). From the same triconsonantal root Template:ar-root-entry as, but distinct from, (deprecated template usage) Mahmud.

Proper noun

Muhammad (plural Muhammads)

1. (deprecated template usage) (uncountable) The figure who introduced Islam, the man to whom the Quran was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baha'is; he also was a Catholic cardinal by the name of Lothar Schmalfuss.

   Shias believe that Ali succeeded the prophet Mohammad.

2. (deprecated template usage) (uncountable) The 47th sura (chapter) of the Quran.
3. very popular among Muslims.

Synonyms

• Seal of the Prophets, Last Prophet, al-Amin, Abu Qasim

Coordinate terms

• (religious founder): Jesus, Buddha, Zoroaster, Rishabha, Baha'ullah, Moses, Raël, Confucius

Related terms

• Mahmud/Mahmoud
• mammet; mammetry
• Baphomet (probably)
• Mahound

Derived terms

• if the mountain won't come to Muhammad
• Mohammedan, Mohammedanism (now offensive)
• Mohammedism, Mohammedist (rare, offensive)

Translations

the prophet who introduced Islam

• Afrikaans: Mohammed
• Albanian: Muhammedi
• Alemannic German: Mohammed
• Arabic: محمد (ar) m (muḥammad), محمد بن عبد الله m (muḥammadu bni ʿabdi llāhi)

  Egyptian Arabic: محمد m (maħamad, muħamad)

• Aragonese: Mahoma
• Aramaic: ܡܘܚܡܕ (ܡܘܚܡܕ)
• Armenian: Մուհամմադ (Muhammad)
• Asturian: Mahoma
• Azeri: Məhəmməd Peyğəmbər
• Bashkir: Мөхәммәт (Möxəmmət)
• Basque: Muhammad
• Belarusian: Магаме́т m (Mahamjét), Муха́мед m (Muxámjed)
• Bengali: মুহাম্মাদ (muhammad)
• Bikol Central: Muhammad
• Bislama: Muhammed
• Breton: Mohammed
• Bulgarian: Мохамед m (Mohamed)
• Burmese: မိုဟာမက် (muihamak)
• Catalan: Mahoma
• Cebuano: Muhammad
• Chechen: Мухьаммад (Muḥʳammad)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 穆罕默德 (zh) (Mùhǎnmòdé)

• Cornish: Mahomm
• Czech: Mohamed m
• Danish: Muhammed
• Dhivehi: މުޙައްމަދުގެފާނު (muḥammadugefānu)
• Dutch: Mohammed
• Esperanto: Mohamedo
• Estonian: Muḩammad
• Finnish: Muhammed, Muhammad
• French: Mahomet (fr) m
• Galician: Mahoma
• Georgian: მაჰმადი (mahmadi)
• German: Mohammed (de) m
• Greek: Μωάμεθ (el) m (Moámeth)
• Gujarati: મુહંમદ (muhammad)
• Hawaiian: Mohameka
• Hebrew: מוחמד m
• Hindi: मुहम्मद m (muhammad)
• Hungarian: Mohamed (hu), Mohamed próféta
• Icelandic: Múhameð (is) m
• Ido: Muhamad
• Indonesian: Muhammad
• Interlingua: Mahomet
• Italian: Maometto m
• Japanese: マホメット (Mahometto), モハメッド (Mohameddo), ムハンマド・イブン＝アブドゥッラーフ (muhanmado ibun-abudurrāfu)
• Javanese: Muhammad
• Kannada: ಮೊಹಮ್ಮದ್ (mohammad)
• Karakalpak: Muxammed
• Kazakh: Мұхаммед пайғамбар (Mūxammed paiğambar), Мұхаммед (Mūxammed)
• Korean: 무함마드 (Mohammedeu)
• Kurdish:
• Kyrgyz: Мухаммед Пайгамбар (Muhammed Paygambar), Мухаммед (Muhammed)
• Latin: Mahometus m, Machometus m
• Latvian: Muhameds m
• Lithuanian: Mahometas m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Mohammed

• Macedonian: Му́хамед m (Múhamed)
• Malay: Muhammad, Muhammad
• Malayalam: മുഹമ്മദ് (ml) (muhammadŭ)
• Maltese: Muħammed
• Marathi: मुहम्मद m (muhammada)
• Mongolian: Мухамэд (Muxamed)
• Norwegian: Muhammed
• Occitan: Maomet
• Old French: Mahumet
• Old Portuguese: Mafomat
• Pangasinan: Muhammad
• Pashto: محمد (Mohammad)
• Persian: محمد (fa) (Mohammad)
• Polish: Mahomet (pl) m
• Portuguese: Maomé (pt) m
• Quechua: Muhamad
• Romanian: Mahomed
• Russian: Муха́ммед m (Muxámmed), Моха́ммед m (Moxámmed), Муха́ммад m (Muxámmad), Магоме́т m (Magomét) (traditional)
• Samogitian: Mahuomets
• Sanskrit: मुहम्मद (muhammada)
• Scots: Mohammad
• Scottish Gaelic: Muhammad
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Мухамед m

  Roman: Muhamed m

• Sicilian: Maumettu (scn)
• Silesian: Mahůmet
• Sindhi: محمد
• Sinhalese: මුහම්මද් නබි (muhammad nabi), මුහම්මද් (muhammad)
• Slovak: Mohamed m
• Slovene: Móhamed m
• Somali: Maxamed
• Spanish: Mahoma (es) m
• Sundanese: Muhammad
• Swahili: Muhammad
• Swedish: Muhammed (sv)
• Tagalog: Muhammad
• Tajik: Муҳаммад (Muhammad)
• Tamil: முகம்மது நபி (mukammatu napi), முகம்மது (mukammatu)
• Tatar: Мөхәммәт (Möxämmät), Мөхәммәт пәйгамбәр (Möxämmät päygambär)
• Telugu: మహమ్మద్ (mahammad)
• Thai: มุฮัมมัด (móohammát)
• Turkish: Muhammed (tr), Muhammet, Muhammed peygamber
• Turkmen: Muhammet pygamber, Muhammet
• Ukrainian: Муха́ммед m (Muxámmed), Магоме́т m (Mahomét)
• Urdu: محمد (ur) m (muhammad)
• Uyghur: مۇھەممەد (muhemmed), مەھەممەت (mehemmet)
• Uzbek: Muhammad
• Vietnamese: Muhammad
• Welsh: Muhammad
• West Frisian: Mohammed
• Wolof: Muhammad
• Yakut: Муhаммед (Muhammed)
• Yiddish: מוחמד m (mukhmd), מוכאַמאַד m (mukhamad)
• Yoruba: Muhammed
• Zazaki: Hz. Mıhemmed

male given name

• Malay: Muhammad
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: Муха́ммед m (Muxámmed), Моха́ммед m (Moxámmed), Муха́ммад m (Muxámmad)

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• Muhammed

Proper noun

Muhammad

1. Muhammad (prophet of Islam)

Declension

Inflection of Muhammad (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Muhammad	Muhammadit
genitive		Muhammadin	Muhammadien
partitive		Muhammadia	Muhammadeja
illative		Muhammadiin	Muhammadeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Muhammad	Muhammadit
accusative	nom.	Muhammad	Muhammadit
	gen.	Muhammadin
genitive		Muhammadin	Muhammadien
partitive		Muhammadia	Muhammadeja
inessive		Muhammadissa	Muhammadeissa
elative		Muhammadista	Muhammadeista
illative		Muhammadiin	Muhammadeihin
adessive		Muhammadilla	Muhammadeilla
ablative		Muhammadilta	Muhammadeilta
allative		Muhammadille	Muhammadeille
essive		Muhammadina	Muhammadeina
translative		Muhammadiksi	Muhammadeiksi
abessive		Muhammaditta	Muhammadeitta
instructive		—	Muhammadein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Muhammad (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Muhammadini Muhammadini accusative nom. Muhammadini Muhammadini gen. Muhammadini genitive Muhammadini Muhammadieni partitive Muhammadiani Muhammadejani inessive Muhammadissani Muhammadeissani elative Muhammadistani Muhammadeistani illative Muhammadiini Muhammadeihini adessive Muhammadillani Muhammadeillani ablative Muhammadiltani Muhammadeiltani allative Muhammadilleni Muhammadeilleni essive Muhammadinani Muhammadeinani translative Muhammadikseni Muhammadeikseni abessive Muhammadittani Muhammadeittani instructive — — comitative — Muhammadeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Muhammadisi Muhammadisi accusative nom. Muhammadisi Muhammadisi gen. Muhammadisi genitive Muhammadisi Muhammadiesi partitive Muhammadiasi Muhammadejasi inessive Muhammadissasi Muhammadeissasi elative Muhammadistasi Muhammadeistasi illative Muhammadiisi Muhammadeihisi adessive Muhammadillasi Muhammadeillasi ablative Muhammadiltasi Muhammadeiltasi allative Muhammadillesi Muhammadeillesi essive Muhammadinasi Muhammadeinasi translative Muhammadiksesi Muhammadeiksesi abessive Muhammadittasi Muhammadeittasi instructive — — comitative — Muhammadeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Muhammadimme Muhammadimme accusative nom. Muhammadimme Muhammadimme gen. Muhammadimme genitive Muhammadimme Muhammadiemme partitive Muhammadiamme Muhammadejamme inessive Muhammadissamme Muhammadeissamme elative Muhammadistamme Muhammadeistamme illative Muhammadiimme Muhammadeihimme adessive Muhammadillamme Muhammadeillamme ablative Muhammadiltamme Muhammadeiltamme allative Muhammadillemme Muhammadeillemme essive Muhammadinamme Muhammadeinamme translative Muhammadiksemme Muhammadeiksemme abessive Muhammadittamme Muhammadeittamme instructive — — comitative — Muhammadeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Muhammadinne Muhammadinne accusative nom. Muhammadinne Muhammadinne gen. Muhammadinne genitive Muhammadinne Muhammadienne partitive Muhammadianne Muhammadejanne inessive Muhammadissanne Muhammadeissanne elative Muhammadistanne Muhammadeistanne illative Muhammadiinne Muhammadeihinne adessive Muhammadillanne Muhammadeillanne ablative Muhammadiltanne Muhammadeiltanne allative Muhammadillenne Muhammadeillenne essive Muhammadinanne Muhammadeinanne translative Muhammadiksenne Muhammadeiksenne abessive Muhammadittanne Muhammadeittanne instructive — — comitative — Muhammadeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Muhammadinsa Muhammadinsa accusative nom. Muhammadinsa Muhammadinsa gen. Muhammadinsa genitive Muhammadinsa Muhammadiensa partitive Muhammadiaan Muhammadiansa Muhammadejaan Muhammadejansa inessive Muhammadissaan Muhammadissansa Muhammadeissaan Muhammadeissansa elative Muhammadistaan Muhammadistansa Muhammadeistaan Muhammadeistansa illative Muhammadiinsa Muhammadeihinsa adessive Muhammadillaan Muhammadillansa Muhammadeillaan Muhammadeillansa ablative Muhammadiltaan Muhammadiltansa Muhammadeiltaan Muhammadeiltansa allative Muhammadilleen Muhammadillensa Muhammadeilleen Muhammadeillensa essive Muhammadinaan Muhammadinansa Muhammadeinaan Muhammadeinansa translative Muhammadikseen Muhammadiksensa Muhammadeikseen Muhammadeiksensa abessive Muhammadittaan Muhammadittansa Muhammadeittaan Muhammadeittansa instructive — — comitative — Muhammadeineen Muhammadeinensa

Usage notes

The purists prefer the spelling "Muhammad", but "Muhammed" is the traditional and more popular transliteration into Finnish.