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

A 17th century illustration of Prophet Muhammad.

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
(Chinese-Muslim, via Chinese:) Ma, Mah, Mar, Mo ／馬
(Berber variant, common among Kabyles:) Mohand

Synonyms

Seal of the Prophets, al-Amin, Abu Qasim

Derived terms

if the mountain won't come to Muhammad
Mohammedan, Mohammedanism (now offensive)
Mohammedism, Mohammedist (rare, offensive)

Related terms

Translations

the prophet who introduced Islam

Afrikaans: Mohammed
Albanian: Muhammedi m
Alemannic German: Mohammed
Arabic: مُحَمَّد (ar) m (muḥammad), مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ ٱللّٰهِ m (muḥammadu bnu ʕabdi llāhi)
Egyptian Arabic: محمد m (maḥamad, muḥamad)
Aragonese: Mahoma
Aramaic: ܡܘܚܡܕ
Armenian: Մուհամմադ (Muhammad)
Asturian: Mahoma
Azerbaijani: Məhəmməd (az), Məhəmməd Peyğəmbər
Bashkir: Мөхәммәт (Möxəmmət), Мөхәммәт пәйғәмбәр (Möxəmmət pəyğəmbər)
Basque: Muhammad
Belarusian: Магаме́т m (Mahamjét), Муха́мед m (Muxámjed)
Bengali: মুহাম্মদ (bn) (muhammod)
Bikol Central: Mahoma
Bislama: Muhammed
Breton: Mohammed
Bulgarian: Мохаме́д m (Mohaméd)
Burmese: မိုဟာမက် (muihamak)
Catalan: Mahoma
Cebuano: Mahoma
Chechen: Мухьаммад (Muḥʳammad)
Chinese:
Dungan: Мухармэ (Muharme)

Mandarin: 穆罕默德 (zh) (Mùhǎnmòdé), 穆聖／穆圣 (zh) (Mùshèng)
Cornish: Mahomm
Corsican: Magumetu m, Magumettu m
Czech: Mohamed (cs) m
Danish: Muhammed
Dhivehi: މުޙައްމަދުގެފާނު (muḥammadugefānu)
Dutch: Mohammed (nl)
Esperanto: Mohamedo
Estonian: Muḩammad
Faroese: Muhamed m
Finnish: Muhammed (fi), Muhammad
French: Mahomet (fr) m, Mohammed (fr) m
Galician: Mahoma (gl)
Georgian: მაჰმადი (mahmadi)
German: Mohammed (de) m
Greek: Μωάμεθ (el) m (Moámeth)
Ancient: Μουάμεδ m (Mouámed)
Gujarati: મુહંમદ m (muhammad)
Hausa: Muhammadu
Hawaiian: Mohameka
Hebrew: מֻחַמַּד m (mukhammad)
Hindi: मुहम्मद m (muhammad), महम्मद (hi) (mahammad), मुहन्मद (hi) m (muhanmad), महमद (hi) m (mahmad), मोहम्मद m (mohammad)
Hungarian: Mohamed (hu), Mohamed próféta
Icelandic: Múhameð (is) m
Ido: Muhamad
Indonesian: Muhammad (id)
Interlingua: Mahomet
Italian: Maometto m
Japanese: マホメット (Mahometto), モハメッド (Mohameddo), ムハンマド・イブン＝アブドゥッラーフ (muhanmado ibun-abudurrāfu), ムハンマド (muhanmado)
Javanese: Muhammad
Kannada: ಮುಹಮ್ಮದ್ (muhammad)
Karakalpak: Muxammed
Kazakh: Мұхаммед пайғамбар (Mūxammed paiğambar), Мұхаммед (Mūxammed), Мұхамет (Mūxamet)
Khmer: មូហាំម៉ាត់ (muuhammat)
Korean: 무함마드 (ko) (Muhammadeu), 마호멧 (Mahomet)
Kumyk: Магьаммат (Mahammat)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Mihemed (ku) m
Kyrgyz: Мухаммед Пайгамбар (Muhammed Paygambar), Мухаммед (Muhammed)
Latin: Mahometus m, Machometus m
Latvian: Muhameds m
Lithuanian: Mahometas m
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: Mohammed
Macedonian: Му́хамед m (Múhamed)
Malay: Muhammad, Muhammad
Malayalam: മുഹമ്മദ് (ml) (muhammadŭ)
Maltese: Muħammed
Marathi: मुहम्मद m (muhammad)
Middle English: Macomet
Mongolian: Мухамэд (Muxamed)
Ngazidja Comorian: Mtrume
Norwegian: Muhammed
Occitan: Maomet
Odia: ମହମ୍ମଦ (môhômmôdô), ମୁହାଂମେଡ଼ (muhammeṛô)
Old French: Mahumet
Old Portuguese: Mafomede
Old South Arabian: 𐩣𐩢𐩣𐩵 (mḥmd)
Pangasinan: Muhammad
Pashto: محمد m (mohammad)
Persian: محمد (fa) (mohammad)
Polish: Mahomet (pl) m
Portuguese: Maomé (pt) m
Quechua: Muhamad
Romanian: Mahomed
Russian: Муха́ммед (ru) m (Muxámmed), Моха́ммед (ru) m (Moxámmed), Муха́ммад (ru) m (Muxámmad), Магоме́т (ru) m (Magomét) (traditional)
Samogitian: Mahuomets
Sanskrit: मुहम्मद m (muhammada)
Scots: Mohammad
Scottish Gaelic: Muhammad
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Мухамед m

Roman: Muhamed m
Sicilian: Maumettu (scn)
Silesian: Mahůmet
Sindhi: محمد
Sinhalese: මුහම්මද් නබි (muhammad nabi), මුහම්මද් (muhammad)
Slovak: Mohamed m
Slovene: Móhamed (sl) m
Somali: Maxamed
Spanish: Mahoma (es) m
Sundanese: Muhammad
Swahili: Muhammad
Swedish: Muhammed (sv)
Sylheti: ꠝꠥꠢꠝ꠆ꠝꠖ (muhommodo)
Tagalog: Mahoma
Tajik: Муҳаммад (tg) (Muhammad)
Tamil: முகம்மது நபி (mukammatu napi), முகம்மது (ta) (mukammatu)
Tatar: Мөхәммәт (Möxämmät), Мөхәммәт пәйгамбәр (Möxämmät päygambär)
Telugu: మహమ్మద్ (mahammad)
Thai: มุฮัมมัด (th) (mú-ham-mát), มะหะหมัด (th) (má-hà-màt)
Tibetan: མུ་ཧ་མད (mu ha mad)
Turkish: Muhammed (tr), Muhammet (tr), Muhammed peygamber
Turkmen: Muhammet pygamber, Muhammet
Ukrainian: Муха́ммед m (Muxámmed), Магоме́т m (Mahomét), Муха́мед m (Muxámed), Моха́ммед m (Moxámmed), Моха́мед m (Moxámed)
Urdu: محمد (ur) m (muhammad)
Uyghur: مۇھەممەد (muhemmed), مەھەممەت (mehemmet)
Uzbek: Muhammad
Vietnamese: Muhammad
Welsh: Muhammad
West Frisian: Mohammed
Wolof: Muhammad
Yakut: Муһаммед (Muhammed)
Yiddish: מאַכמעד (makhmed), מוחמד m (mukhamed)
Yoruba: Mọ́mọ́dù
Zazaki: Hz. Mıhemmed

47th sura of the Qur'an

Arabic: سورة محمد
Bulgarian: сура Мухаммад (sura Muhammad)
Kannada: ಸೂರ ಮುಹಮ್ಮದ್ (sūra muhammad)
Russian: су́ра Муха́ммад f (súra Muxámmad)
Uyghur: مۇھەممەد (muhemmed)

male given name

Albanian: Muhammed
Amharic: መሐመድ (mäḥämäd)
Armenian: Մուհամմեդ (hy) (Muhammed)
Azerbaijani: Məhəmməd (az)
Bambara: Mahamadou
Bashkir: Мөхәммәт (Möxəmmət)
Bengali: মুহাম্মদ (bn) (muhammod), মোহাম্মদ (bn) (mōhammod), মুহম্মদ (bn) (muhommod), মহম্মদ (mohommod)
Bulgarian: Мухаммад (Muhammad), Мухаммед (Muhammed)
Burmese: မိုဟာမက် (muihamak)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 穆罕默德 (zh) (Mùhǎnmòdé)
Finnish: Muhammed (fi)
German: Mohammed (de) m
Gujarati: મુહમ્મદ (muhammad)
Hausa: Muhammadu
Hebrew: מוחמד (Mukhammad)
Hindi: मुहम्मद (muhammad), मोहम्मद (mohammad), महम्मद (hi) (mahammad), महमद (hi) (mahmad)
Indonesian: Muhammad (id)
Japanese: ムハンマド (Muhanmado)
Kannada: ಮುಹಮ್ಮದ್ (muhammad)
Kazakh: Мұқамет (Mūqamet), Мұхамед (Mūxamed)
Korean: 무함마드 (ko) (muhammadeu), 무하마드 (ko) (muhamadeu)
Kumyk: Магьаммат (Mahammat)
Kyrgyz: Мухаммад (Muhammad), Мамбет (Mambet)
Lao: ມຸຮຳມັດ (mu ham mat)
Malagasy: Mohammed
Malay: Muhammad
Malayalam: മുഹമ്മദ് (ml) (muhammadŭ)
Marathi: मुहम्मद (muhammad)
Mongolian: Мухамэд (Muxamed)
Moore: Mahamadi
Nepali: मुहम्मद (muhammad)
Pashto: محمد
Persian: محمد (fa) (mohammed)
Punjabi: ਮੁਹੰਮਦ (pa) (muhammad)
Romanian: Mahomed m
Russian: Муха́ммед (ru) m (Muxámmed), Моха́ммед (ru) m (Moxámmed), Муха́ммад (ru) m (Muxámmad)
Sindhi: محمد (Muhammad)
Sinhalese: මුහම්මද් (muhammad)
Swahili: Muhammad
Sylheti: ꠝꠥꠢꠝ꠆ꠝꠖ (muhommodo), ꠝꠢꠝ꠆ꠝꠖ (mohommodo)
Tajik: Муҳаммад (tg) (Muhammad)
Tamil: முஹம்மது (ta) (muhammatu)
Telugu: ముహమ్మద్ (muhammad)
Turkish: Mehmet (tr)
Urdu: محمد (ur) (Muhammad)
Uyghur: مەھەممەت (mehemmet)
Uzbek: Muhammad, Muxammad
Wolof: Mouhamed, Mouhamedou, Mamadou
Yiddish: מוכאַמאַד (mukhamad)
Yoruba: Mọ́mọ́dù

Finnish

Alternative forms

Muhammed

Etymology

From Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmuhɑmːɑd/, [ˈmuɦɑ̝mːɑ̝d]
Rhymes: -uhɑmːɑd
Syllabification^(key): Mu‧ham‧mad

Proper noun

Muhammad

Muhammad (prophet of Islam)

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
accusative	gen.	Muhammadin	Muhammadit
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
abessive		Muhammaditta	Muhammadeitta
instructive		—	Muhammadein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Muhammad (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Muhammadini	Muhammadini
accusative	nom.	Muhammadini	Muhammadini
accusative	gen.	Muhammadini	Muhammadini
genitive		Muhammadini	Muhammadieni
partitive		Muhammadiani	Muhammadejani
inessive		Muhammadissani	Muhammadeissani
elative		Muhammadistani	Muhammadeistani
illative		Muhammadiini	Muhammadeihini
adessive		Muhammadillani	Muhammadeillani
ablative		Muhammadiltani	Muhammadeiltani
allative		Muhammadilleni	Muhammadeilleni
essive		Muhammadinani	Muhammadeinani
translative		Muhammadikseni	Muhammadeikseni
abessive		Muhammadittani	Muhammadeittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Muhammadeineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Muhammadisi	Muhammadisi
accusative	nom.	Muhammadisi	Muhammadisi
accusative	gen.	Muhammadisi	Muhammadisi
genitive		Muhammadisi	Muhammadiesi
partitive		Muhammadiasi	Muhammadejasi
inessive		Muhammadissasi	Muhammadeissasi
elative		Muhammadistasi	Muhammadeistasi
illative		Muhammadiisi	Muhammadeihisi
adessive		Muhammadillasi	Muhammadeillasi
ablative		Muhammadiltasi	Muhammadeiltasi
allative		Muhammadillesi	Muhammadeillesi
essive		Muhammadinasi	Muhammadeinasi
translative		Muhammadiksesi	Muhammadeiksesi
abessive		Muhammadittasi	Muhammadeittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Muhammadeinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Muhammadimme	Muhammadimme
accusative	nom.	Muhammadimme	Muhammadimme
accusative	gen.	Muhammadimme	Muhammadimme
genitive		Muhammadimme	Muhammadiemme
partitive		Muhammadiamme	Muhammadejamme
inessive		Muhammadissamme	Muhammadeissamme
elative		Muhammadistamme	Muhammadeistamme
illative		Muhammadiimme	Muhammadeihimme
adessive		Muhammadillamme	Muhammadeillamme
ablative		Muhammadiltamme	Muhammadeiltamme
allative		Muhammadillemme	Muhammadeillemme
essive		Muhammadinamme	Muhammadeinamme
translative		Muhammadiksemme	Muhammadeiksemme
abessive		Muhammadittamme	Muhammadeittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Muhammadeinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Muhammadinne	Muhammadinne
accusative	nom.	Muhammadinne	Muhammadinne
accusative	gen.	Muhammadinne	Muhammadinne
genitive		Muhammadinne	Muhammadienne
partitive		Muhammadianne	Muhammadejanne
inessive		Muhammadissanne	Muhammadeissanne
elative		Muhammadistanne	Muhammadeistanne
illative		Muhammadiinne	Muhammadeihinne
adessive		Muhammadillanne	Muhammadeillanne
ablative		Muhammadiltanne	Muhammadeiltanne
allative		Muhammadillenne	Muhammadeillenne
essive		Muhammadinanne	Muhammadeinanne
translative		Muhammadiksenne	Muhammadeiksenne
abessive		Muhammadittanne	Muhammadeittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Muhammadeinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Muhammadinsa	Muhammadinsa
accusative	nom.	Muhammadinsa	Muhammadinsa
accusative	gen.	Muhammadinsa	Muhammadinsa
genitive		Muhammadinsa	Muhammadiensa
partitive		Muhammadiaan Muhammadiansa	Muhammadejaan Muhammadejansa
inessive		Muhammadissaan Muhammadissansa	Muhammadeissaan Muhammadeissansa
elative		Muhammadistaan Muhammadistansa	Muhammadeistaan Muhammadeistansa
illative		Muhammadiinsa	Muhammadeihinsa
adessive		Muhammadillaan Muhammadillansa	Muhammadeillaan Muhammadeillansa
ablative		Muhammadiltaan Muhammadiltansa	Muhammadeiltaan Muhammadeiltansa
allative		Muhammadilleen Muhammadillensa	Muhammadeilleen Muhammadeillensa
essive		Muhammadinaan Muhammadinansa	Muhammadeinaan Muhammadeinansa
translative		Muhammadikseen Muhammadiksensa	Muhammadeikseen Muhammadeiksensa
abessive		Muhammadittaan Muhammadittansa	Muhammadeittaan Muhammadeittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Muhammadeineen Muhammadeinensa

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