"Baphomet" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈbæfəmɛt/
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Baphometh, deriving from Occitan Bafometz. Ostensibly a corruption of Andalusian Arabic مَحُمَّدْ (“Maḥummad”), ultimately deriving from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) (compare Old Catalan Mafumet and Old Galician-Portuguese Mafomat), which would make it a doublet of mammet and Muhammad. But other sources have been suggested. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|Baphometh}} Medieval Latin Baphometh, {{der|en|oc|Bafometz}} Occitan Bafometz, {{der|en|xaa|مَحُمَّدْ||Maḥummad}} Andalusian Arabic مَحُمَّدْ (“Maḥummad”), {{der|en|ar|مُحَمَّد}} Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad), {{cog|roa-opt|Mafomat}} Old Galician-Portuguese Mafomat, {{doublet|en|mammet|nocap=1}} doublet of mammet, {{root|en|ar|ح م د}} Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Baphomet
  1. A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that the Knights Templar worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions. Wikipedia link: Baphomet Derived forms: Baphometic Translations (pagan deity): بَاهُومَت (bāhūmat) (Arabic), Бафомет (Bafomet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 巴風特 (Chinese Mandarin), 巴风特 (Bāfēngtè) (Chinese Mandarin), 巴弗滅 (Chinese Mandarin), 巴弗灭 (Bāfúmiè) (Chinese Mandarin), Baphomet [masculine] (French), ბაფომეტი (bapomeṭi) (Georgian), Baphomet [masculine] (German), Bafomet (Indonesian), Baphomet [feminine, masculine] (Italian), バフォメット (Bafometto) (Japanese), 바포메트 (bapometeu) (Korean), بافومه (Persian), Baphomet [masculine] (Portuguese), Bafomete [masculine] (Portuguese), Bafomé [masculine] (Portuguese), Бафоме́т (Bafomét) [masculine] (Russian), Baphomet [masculine] (Spanish), บาโฟเมต (Thai), Baphomet (Turkish), Bafomet (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Baphomet-en-name-C9K3oSlY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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