Muharram

See also: muharram and muhàrram

English

Alternative forms

• Moharram
• Mohurram
• Mohurrum

Etymology

From Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram, “forbidden”), from حَرَّمَ (ḥarrama, “to forbid”). Doublet of marrano.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /muːˈhaɹəm/

Proper noun

Muharram (plural Muharrams)

1. The first month of the Islamic calendar, when many Islamic communities hold a festival commemorating the deaths of the grandsons of Mohammed. [from 17th c.]
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “His Chance in Life”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 56:

     These, hearing nothing of the Collector-Sahib for some time, and heartily despising the Hindu Sub-Judge, arranged to start a little Mohurrum riot of their own.

   • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 77:

     ‘I don't much believe in this discussing – besides, I'm so dead with all the extra work Mohurram's bringing, if you'll excuse me.’

   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 100:

     It was unfortunate, moreover, that he arrived in Teheran in January 1829 during the holy month of Muharram, when feelings run high and the faithful slash themselves with swords and pour glowing cinders on their heads.

   • 1994, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Jabartī, Thomas Philipp, Guido Schwald, ʻAbd Al-Raḥmān Al-Jabartī's History of Egypt: ʻajāʾib Al-āthār Fī ʾl-tarājim Waʾl-akhbār, →ISBN, page 4:

     […] were two Muharrams in the first year, the first being the beginning of the new year and the other the added month. The number of months was 13. After the passage of two or three years, when the period for the intercalated month had come to […]

2. A Shiite festival held during its first ten days; Ashura.
   • 2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 67:

     It is now clear that the term Hobson-Jobson was originally a deprecating Anglo-Indian slang term for the Muharram used particularly in the army and merchant navy but also more widely.

Synonyms

• Muharram al-Haram

Translations

the first month of the Islamic calendar

• Arabic: مُحَرَّم (ar) m (muḥarram)
• Catalan: muhàrram m
• Hausa: Muharram
• Hindi: मुहर्रम (hi) m (muharram)
• Japanese: ムハッラム (ja) (Muharramu)
• Kazakh: мұхаррам (mūxarram)
• Malay: Muharam (ms), bulan sura
• Marathi: मुहर्रम (muharram)
• Persian: محرم (fa) (moharram)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мухарем m

  Roman: muharem (sh) m

• Tajik: муҳаррам (muharram)
• Turkish: muharrem (tr)
• Urdu: محرم m (muharram)
• Uyghur: مۇھەررەم (muherrem)
• Uzbek: muharram (uz)

a Shiite festival held during its first ten days

• Arabic: ذِكْرَى مُحَرَّم f (ḏikrā muḥarram)
• Hindi: मुहर्रम (hi) m (muharram)
• Marathi: मुहर्रम (muharram)
• Persian: محرم (fa) (moharram)

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Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} мухарем m

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} muharem (sh) m

See also

• (Islamic calendar months) Islamic calendar month; Muharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Sha'ban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu'l-Qa'da, Dhu'l-Hijja ^{(Category: en:Islamic calendar months)}

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mù.hár.ràm/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [mʊ̀.hár.ràŋ]

Proper noun

Mùhar̃r̃àm m

1. Muharram

See also

(Islamic calendar months) wata; Muharram, Safar, Rabi'u Lawwal, Rabi'u Lahir, Jimada Lawwal, Jimada Lahir, Rajab, Sha'aban, Ramalan, Shawwal, Zulƙida, Zulhajji ^{(Category: ha:Islamic calendar months)}