MUHARRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Muharram mean? 

• MUHARRAM (noun)
  The noun MUHARRAM has 1 sense:

1. the first month of the Islamic calendar

  Familiarity information: MUHARRAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUHARRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The first month of the Islamic calendar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Moharram; Muharram; Muharrum

Hypernyms ("Muharram" is a kind of...):

Islamic calendar month (any lunar month in the Muslim calendar)

Holonyms ("Muharram" is a part of...):

Islamic calendar; Mohammedan calendar; Moslem calendar; Muhammadan calendar; Muslim calendar (the lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years)