English Explanatory Dictionary

Mahmud

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from Arabic.

Word forms

Mahmud Mahmut Mahmoud Mahmood Mahmout Mehmud Mehmood Mehmut

Etymology

Transliteration of Arabic مَحْمُود (maḥmūd, literally “praised, laudable”), the passive participle of the Form I verb حَمِدَ (ḥamida, “to praise”), from the triconsonantal root ح م د (ḥ m d). The name Muhammad comes from the same root, and has a similar meaning.

Related words

Ahmad Hamad Muhammad
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