Mohammedan

English

Alternative forms

• Muhammadan, Mahometan, Mahomedan, Mahommedan, Muhammedan, Mohamedan, Muhamedan, Mohametan, Mahommetan, Mohammetan, Moohummudan (all as obsolete as the lemma (Mohammedan), or more so)

Etymology

Mohammed +‎ -an, from the earlier form Mahometan, coined in the 17th century.

Noun

Mohammedan (plural Mohammedans)

1. (now largely obsolete and offensive) Muslim.

Translations

Muslim

• Danish: muhammedaner c (largely archaic)
• Finnish: muhamettilainen (fi)
• French: mahométan (fr)
• German: Mohammedaner (de) m (largely obsolete)
• Hindi: मुहम्मदी (hi) m (muhammadī), महम्मदा (hi) m (mahammadā), महमदी (hi) m (mahamdī)
• Hungarian: mohamedán (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: Mahamadach m
• Italian: maomettano (it) m, maomettana f
• Polish: mahometanin (pl) m, mahometanka f
• Portuguese: maometano (pt) m
• Russian: магомета́нин (ru) m (magometánin), магомета́нка (ru) f (magometánka)

Adjective

Mohammedan (not comparable)

1. (now largely obsolete and offensive) Muslim, Islamic.
2. relating to Mohammed.

Usage notes

See the usage notes at Mohammedanism.

Derived terms

• Mohammedanism

Translations

Muslim, Islamic

• Danish: muhammedansk (largely archaic)
• Finnish: muhamettilainen (fi)
• French: mahométan (fr)
• German: mohammedanisch (largely obsolete)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: Mahamadach
• Italian: maomettano (it)
• Polish: mahometański (pl)
• Russian: магомета́нский (ru) (magometánskij)

Anagrams

• Mahommedan