Muharrum

Mu·har·ram  (m-hrm) also Mo·har·ram (m-) or Mu·har·rum (m-)

n.

1. The first month of the Islamic calendar. See Table at calendar.

2. A Shiite festival held during the first ten days of this month.

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[Arabic muarram, passive participle of arrama, to forbid, from arama, to forbid; see rm in Semitic roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Muharrum - the first month of the Islamic calendar Moharram, Muharram 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 Islamic calendar month - any lunar month in the Muslim calendar