# محمد

| ﷴ | U+FDF4, &#65012; ARABIC LIGATURE MOHAMMAD ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﷳ [U+FDF3] | Arabic Presentation Forms-A | ﷵ → [U+FDF5] |

## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Derived from the passive participle of the verb حَمَّدَ (ḥammada, “to praise, commend, laud”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mu.ħam.mad/
* Audio:(file)

#### Proper noun

مُحَمَّد • (muḥammad) m
* the Islamic prophet Muhammad
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:144:وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُwa-mā muḥammadun ʔillā rasūlun qad ḵalat min qablihi r-rusuluMuhammad is not but a messenger. Messengers have passed on before him.
* a male given name, variously transliterated as: Muhammad, Mohammed, Mahomet, etc. (see Muhammad for an extensive list)
* The 47th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

##### Derived terms

* مُحَمَّدِيّ (muḥammadiyy)

##### Descendants

* Maltese: Mħammed
* → Azerbaijani: Məhəmməd
* → Chinese: 穆罕默德 (Mùhǎnmòdé)
* → English: Muhammad
* → Malay: Muhammad
* → Malayalam: മുഹമ്മദ് (muhammadŭ), മൊഹമ്മദ് (mohammadŭ), മമ്മദ് (mammadŭ), മമ്മത് (mammatŭ)
* → Maltese: Muħammed
* → Classical Persian: مُحَمَّد (muhammad) (see there for further descendants)
* → Old Galician-Portuguese: Mafomede
** Portuguese: Mafamede, Mafomede, Mofamede, Maomé
* → Ottoman Turkish: محمد (see there for further descendants)
* → Spanish: Mahoma
** → Tagalog: Mahoma
* → Tamil: முகம்மது (mukammatu), முகமது (mukamatu)

#### Adjective

مُحَمَّد • (muḥammad) (feminine مُحَمَّدَة (muḥammada), masculine plural مُحَمَّدُونَ (muḥammadūna), feminine plural مُحَمَّدَات (muḥammadāt))
* commendable, laudable, praised, praiseworthy

##### Declension
#### See also

* آدَم (ʔādam)
* إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs)
* نُوح (nūḥ)
* هُود (hūd)
* صَالِح (ṣāliḥ)
* إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm)
* لُوط (lūṭ)
* إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl)
* إِسْحَاق (ʔisḥāq)
* يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb)
* يُوسُف (yūsuf)
* أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb)
* ذُو الْكِفْل (ḏū l-kifl)
* شُعَيْب (šuʕayb)
* مُوسَى (mūsā)
* هَارُون (hārūn)
* دَاوُد (dāwud)
* سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān)
* يُونُس (yūnus)
* إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās)
* الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ)
* زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā)
* يَحْيَى (yaḥyā)
* عِيسَى (ʕīsā)
* مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maħ.mad/

#### Noun

مَحْمَد • (maḥmad) m
* verbal noun of حَمِدَ (ḥamida) (form I)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maħ.mid/

#### Noun

مَحْمِد • (maḥmid) m
* verbal noun of حَمِدَ (ḥamida) (form I)

##### Declension
## Malay
### Proper noun

محمد
* Jawi spelling of Muhammad‎.

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

### Proper noun

محمد • (Mehmed, Mehemmed, Muhammed)
* the Islamic prophet Muhammad
* a male given name, Muhammad or Mohammed, from Arabic

#### Descendants

* Turkish: Muhammet, Muhammed, Mehmet, Mehmed
* → Albanian: Muhammedi
* → Bulgarian: Мохамед (Mohamed)
* → Romanian: Mahomed
* → Serbo-Croatian:
** Cyrillic script: Мухамед
** Latin script: Muhamed
* → Slovak: Mohamed
* → Slovene: Móhamed

## Pashto
### Etymology

From Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

### Proper noun

محمد • (mohammad)
* the Islamic prophet Muhammad
* a male given name, Muhammad or Mohammed, from Arabic

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [mu.ham.ˈmað]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mo̞.ɦäm.mǽd̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mo̞.ɦäm.mǽd̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mʊ.wäm.mǽd̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mu.wäm.mǽd̪̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mo.ɦæm.mǽd̪̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mu.ɦäm.mǽd̪]

### Proper noun

محمد • (mohammad)
* (Islam, uncountable) Muhammad (the figure who introduced Islam, and the man to whom the Qur'an was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís)
* (Islam, uncountable) Muhammad (the 47th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an)
* a male given name, Muhammad, Mohammed, or Mohammad, from Arabic

#### Descendants

* → Bengali: মুহাম্মদ (muhammod)
* → Dhivehi: މުޙައްމަދ (muḥammad)
* → Gujarati: મુહંમદ (muhammad)
* → Hindustani:
    → Hindi: मोहम्मद (mohammad), मुहम्मद (muhammad)
    → Urdu: مُحَمَّد (muhammad)
* → Kannada: ಮುಹಮ್ಮದ್ (muhammad)
* → Punjabi:
** Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਹੰਮਦ (muhammad)
** Shahmukhi script: مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)
* → Sindhi: مُحَمَّد
* → Telugu: మహమ్మద్ (mahammad)

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُحَمَّد (muhammad), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

### Proper noun

محمد • (muhammad) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੁਹੰਮਦ)
* the Islamic prophet Muhammad
* a male given name, Muhammad or Mohammed, from Arabic

## Sindhi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُحَمَّد (muhammad), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mʊhəmməd̪]

### Proper noun

مُحَمَّد • (muhammad) m
* (Islam) the prophet Muhammad
* a male given name, Muhammad or Mohammed, from Arabic

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mu.ħam.mad/, [muˈħam.mad]

#### Proper noun

محمد • (muḥammad) m
* the Islamic prophet Muhammad

### Etymology 2

From Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mħam.mad/, [(ɪ)mˈħam.mad]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Proper noun

محمد • (mḥammad) m
* a male given name, Muhammad or Mohammed

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُحَمَّد (muhammad), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /mʊ.ɦəm.məd̪/, [mɔ.ɦɔ̃m.məd̪]

### Proper noun

مُحَمَّد • (muhammad) m (Hindi spelling मुहम्मद)
* the Islamic prophet Muhammad
* a male given name, Muhammad or Mohammed, from Arabic