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muharram


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mohurrum  \Mo*hur"rum\,  Muharram  \Mu*har"ram\,  n.  [Ar.  muharram, 
  prop.,  sacred,  forbidden,  n.,  the  first  month  of  the 
  Mohammedan  lunar  year.] 
  1.  The  first  month  of  the  Mohammedan  year.  --Whitworth. 
 
  2.  A  festival  of  the  Shiah  sect  of  the  Mohammedans  held 
  during  the  first  ten  days  of  the  month  Mohurrum. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Muharram 
  n  :  the  first  month  of  the  Islamic  calendar  [syn:  {Muharram}] 




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