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Mohurram

Mohurram is the alternative form of Muharram.

Meaning of Muharram

Proper noun

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 Muhammad.
    • These, hearing nothing of the Collector-Sahib for some time, and heartily despising the Hindu Sub-Judge, arranged to start a little Mohurrum riot of their own.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “His Chance in Life”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 56
  2. A Shiite festival held during its first ten days; Ashura.
    • It is now clear that the term Hobson-Jobson was originally a deprecating Anglo-Indian slang term for the Muharram used particularly in the army and merchant navy but also more widely.2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 67

Questions about Mohurram

What is Mohurram the alternative form of?
Mohurram is the alternative form of Muharram.

Words near Mohurram in the dictionary

  1. mohturfa
  2. mohturfas
  3. mohua
  4. mohuas
  5. mohur
  6. Mohurram
  7. mohurrer
  8. mohurrers
  9. Mohurrum
  10. mohurs
  11. mohwa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Mohurram (page history and authors); Muharram (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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