Muhammad
See also: Muḥammad
English
Etymology
Transliteration of Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad, “praised, commendable, laudable”), the passive participle of حَمَّدَ (ḥammada, “to praise, commend, laud, extol”). From the same triconsonantal root ح م د (ḥ-m-d) as, but distinct from, Mahmud.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʊˈhɑməd/, /mʊˈhæməd/
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Proper noun
Muhammad (plural Muhammads)
- (uncountable) The figure who introduced Islam, the man to whom the Qur'an was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís.
- Shias believe that Ali succeeded the prophet Muhammad as leader of the Ummah.
- (uncountable) The 47th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
- (countable) A male given name from Arabic very popular among Muslims.
Alternative forms
- Mahomet was the predominant form until the late 1700s. Mohammed was the predominant form from then until the 1940s, when it was overtaken by Muhammad, which has been predominant ever since. Other forms which are now quite common are Mohammad, Mohamed, and Muhammed, which all came into common use after the 1820s.
other forms
- (fairly common today:) Mahomed, Mahommed, Mehemet, Mohamad
- (fairly common historically but uncommon today:) Muhamed, Muhammat, Muhamad, Mehemed, Mehemmed, Mahoma, Muhammud, Mahemet, Mehemmet
- (Ottoman/Turkish-derived:) Mehmed, Mehmet
- (uncommon and in most cases obsolete:) Mohamet, Mahamad, Mahammad, Mahamet, Mahumet, Mohammet, Mahammed, Mahamed, Mahommet, Mahomad, Machomet, Mahommad, Muhammet, Mahomat, Muhamet, Muhamat, Maomet, Mohamat
- (rare and in most cases obsolete:) Mahamat, Mahamid, Mohamud, Mohammud, Mahomett, Mohamid, Mohammid, Muhamud, Muhammid, Mahammet, Muhamid, Magomet, Mohemet, Mehammed, Mohemmed, Mehamet, Mohemed, Mahemed; Mouhammad, Mouhamed, Mouhamad, Muhmmed, Mohamod, Mohammod, Muhmad, Muhmmad, Muhimmad, Mohmad, Mohmmad, Mohmmed, Mohmed
- (very rare and in most cases obsolete:) Machoumet, Mahamath, Mahamett, Mahamit, Mahammat, Mahammid, Mahemett, Mahemmed, Mahemmet, Mahometh, Mahommat, Mahommett, Mahoumed, Mahoumet, Mahumett, Mehamid, Mehammad, Mehemett, Moammed, Moehammad, Mohamit, Mohammat, Mohamut, Mohemmet, Mohomet, Mouhamet, Mouhammed, Muammed, Muhamut, Muhemmad, Mathomus
- (rare, derived from modern scholarly transliterations of Arabic:) Muħammad, Muḥammad
- (Chechen-derived, via Russian:) Magomed, Magomet
Synonyms
Derived terms
- if the mountain won't come to Muhammad
- Mohammedan, Mohammedanism (now offensive)
- Mohammedism, Mohammedist (rare, offensive)
Translations
the prophet who introduced Islam
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47th sura of the Qur'an
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male given name
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Finnish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuhɑmːɑd/, [ˈmuɦɑmːɑd]
- Rhymes: -uhɑmːɑd
- Syllabification(key): Mu‧ham‧mad
Usage notes
Language purists prefer the spelling "Muhammad", but "Muhammed" is the traditional and more popular transliteration into Finnish.
Declension
| Inflection of Muhammad (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Muhammad | Muhammadit | |
| genitive | Muhammadin | Muhammadien | |
| partitive | Muhammadia | Muhammadeja | |
| illative | Muhammadiin | Muhammadeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Muhammad | Muhammadit | |
| accusative | nom. | Muhammad | Muhammadit |
| gen. | Muhammadin | ||
| genitive | Muhammadin | Muhammadien | |
| partitive | Muhammadia | Muhammadeja | |
| inessive | Muhammadissa | Muhammadeissa | |
| elative | Muhammadista | Muhammadeista | |
| illative | Muhammadiin | Muhammadeihin | |
| adessive | Muhammadilla | Muhammadeilla | |
| ablative | Muhammadilta | Muhammadeilta | |
| allative | Muhammadille | Muhammadeille | |
| essive | Muhammadina | Muhammadeina | |
| translative | Muhammadiksi | Muhammadeiksi | |
| instructive | — | Muhammadein | |
| abessive | Muhammaditta | Muhammadeitta | |
| comitative | — | Muhammadeineen | |
| Possessive forms of Muhammad (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Muhammadini | Muhammadimme |
| 2nd person | Muhammadisi | Muhammadinne |
| 3rd person | Muhammadinsa | |
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