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MUHARRUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Muharrum mean?
• MUHARRUM (noun)
The noun MUHARRUM has 1 sense:
1. the first month of the Islamic calendar
Familiarity information: MUHARRUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The first month of the Islamic calendar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("Muharrum" is a kind of...):
Islamic calendar month (any lunar month in the Muslim calendar)
Holonyms ("Muharrum" 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)
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