Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The first month of the Islamic calendar.
- noun The first ten days of this month, observed by Shiites as a period of mourning to commemorate the death of Hussein, the grandson of Muhammad.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Moslem religious festival, held during the first month of the Mohammedan year.
- noun Also
Moharram .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the first month of the Islamic calendar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The first
month of theIslamic calendar . - proper noun A
Shiite festival held during its first ten days;Ashura .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the first month of the Islamic calendar
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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David Guttenfelder/Associated Press MARKING MUHARRAM: Pakistani Shiite Muslims beat their chests during a Muharram procession in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday.
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Friday's attack occurred one day after the start of the holy month of Muharram, which is especially important for Shi'ites and is often marred by bombings by Sunni extremists.
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The Christmas holidays coincide this year with Muslim month of Muharram, which is particularly important as a period of mourning for Shias.
Two killed and eight injured in bomb attacks on Baghdad Christians 2010
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The suicide attack in Hangu comes a day after the start of the holy month of Muharram, which is especially important for Shiites, but has been marred by bombings.
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The attack comes just a day after the start of the holy month of Muharram, which is especially important for Shiites but is often marred by bomb attacks.
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The suicide attack in Hangu comes a day after the start of the holy month of Muharram, which is especially important for Shiites, but has been marred by bombings.
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The suicide attack in Hangu comes a day after the start of the holy month of Muharram, which is especially important for Shiites, but has been marred by bombings.
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The attack comes just a day after the start of the holy month of Muharram, which is especially important for Shi'ites.
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The attack comes just a day after the start of the holy month of Muharram, which is especially important for Shiites but is often marred by bomb attacks.
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The attack comes just a day after the start of the holy month of Muharram, which is especially important for Shiites but is often marred by bomb attacks.
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