Muharram
the first month of the Islamic calendar.
Origin of Muharram
1- Sometimes Moharram.
Words Nearby Muharram
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use Muharram in a sentence
The Shiite mourning month of Muharram begins on December 18.
The Revolutionary Guard and the basij are determined to make sure that Muharram and Ashura will not provide that opportunity.
He was killed on the tenth of Muharram (Ashura) in the year 680 on the plain of Karbala, in what is now Iraq.
Some very pious Sha'hs celebrate the fortieth day after the first of Muharram.
The Faith of Islam | Edward SellBut with the beginning of Muharram the latent religious excitement of the East broke loose.
Safar Nameh, Persian Pictures | Gertrude Bell
They are careful to say their prayers, to observe Muharram as a season of mourning and to go on pilgrimage to Mecca and Kerbala.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India | R. V. RussellThey also paint the bodies of the men who pretend to be tigers at the Muharram festival, for which they charge a rupee.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India | R. V. RussellOnce a year at the Muharram festival the Dhīmars will eat at the hands of Muhammadans.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India | R. V. Russell
British Dictionary definitions for Muharram
Moharram
/ (muːˈhærəm) /
the first month of the Islamic year
Origin of Muharram
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse