Mahomet
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) (alternative spelling of) Muhammad the prophet who introduced Islam.
Etymology
Derived from Latin Mahometus derived from Arabic مُحَمَّد (Muhammad, praised, laudable, commendable).
Origin
Arabic
مُحَمَّد
Gloss
Muhammad, praised, laudable, commendable
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mahometism English
- Mahometist English
- Mahometry English
- Muhammed Finnish
- muhamettilainen Finnish
- Mahometus Latin
- Mohammed German
- Mohammed Dutch, Flemish
- Muhammad Arabic
- محمدي Arabic
- مُحَمَّد Arabic
- मुहम्मद Hindi
- محمد Persian
- มะหะหมัด Thai
- มุฮัมมัด Thai
- Μωάμεθ Greek (modern)
- Məhəmməd Azerbaijani
- محمد Ottoman Turkish
- 穆罕默德 Chinese
- Bafometz Occitan
- Muħammed Maltese
- محمد Urdu
- s-raŋ, *k-m-raŋ Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- مەمەت Uighur, Uyghur
- مەھەممەت Uighur, Uyghur
- Mòuma Ligurian
- محمد Panjabi, Punjabi
- ਮੁਹੰਮਦ Panjabi, Punjabi
- Muhammadu Hausa
- محمد Pashto, Pushto
- Macammad Afar
- محمد Sindhi
- Maxamed Somali