Muharram
WordNet
noun
(1) The first month of the Islamic calendar
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From < (to be forbidden).
Noun
Muharram (or Muharram ul Haram)
- The first month of the Islamic calendar.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘His Chance in Life’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 56:
- These, hearing nothing of the Collector-Sahib for some time, and heartily despising the Hindu Sub-Judge, arranged to start a little Mohurrum riot of their own.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘His Chance in Life’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 56:
- A Shiite festival held during its first ten days; Ashura.