"Muharram" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /muːˈhaɹəm/ [UK] Forms: Muharrams [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram, “forbidden”), from حَرَّمَ (ḥarrama, “to forbid”). Doublet of marrano. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|مُحَرَّم||forbidden}} Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram, “forbidden”), {{m|ar|حَرَّمَ||to forbid}} حَرَّمَ (ḥarrama, “to forbid”), {{doublet|en|marrano}} Doublet of marrano, {{root|en|ar|ح ر م}} Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} 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. Categories (topical): Islam Related terms (Islamic calendar months): Islamic calendar month Translations (the first month of the Islamic calendar): مُحَرَّم (muḥarram) [masculine] (Arabic), muhàrram [masculine] (Catalan), Muharram (Hausa), मुहर्रम (muharram) [masculine] (Hindi), ムハッラム (Muharramu) (Japanese), мұхаррам (mūxarram) (Kazakh), Muharam (Malay), bulan sura (Malay), मुहर्रम (muharram) (Marathi), محرم (moharram) (Persian), мухарем [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), muharem [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), муҳаррам (muharram) (Tajik), muharrem (Turkish), محرم (muharram) [masculine] (Urdu), مۇھەررەم (muherrem) (Uyghur), muharram (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-Muharram-en-name-dnd0ni~6 Disambiguation of Islam: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'Islamic calendar months': 93 7 Disambiguation of 'the first month of the Islamic calendar': 94 6
  2. A Shiite festival held during its first ten days; Ashura. Translations (a Shiite festival held during its first ten days): ذِكْرَى مُحَرَّم (ḏikrā muḥarram) [feminine] (Arabic), मुहर्रम (muharram) [masculine] (Hindi), मुहर्रम (muharram) (Marathi), محرم (moharram) (Persian)
    Sense id: en-Muharram-en-name-4vvgrpxt Disambiguation of 'a Shiite festival held during its first ten days': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Muharram al-Haram, Moharram, Mohurram, Mohurrum

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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "محرم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "muherrem",
      "sense": "the first month of the Islamic calendar",
      "word": "مۇھەررەم"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the first month of the Islamic calendar",
      "word": "muharram"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḏikrā muḥarram",
      "sense": "a Shiite festival held during its first ten days",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ذِكْرَى مُحَرَّم"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "muharram",
      "sense": "a Shiite festival held during its first ten days",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मुहर्रम"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "muharram",
      "sense": "a Shiite festival held during its first ten days",
      "word": "मुहर्रम"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "moharram",
      "sense": "a Shiite festival held during its first ten days",
      "word": "محرم"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Muharram"
  ],
  "word": "Muharram"
}

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