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Where does “мухарем” come from?

мухарем (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish محرم, from Arabic مُحَرَّم, from Arabic حَرَّمَ — to forbid.

мухарем (Serbo-Croatian): Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar

Definitions

  1. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar

Ancestry of “мухарем”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمحرم—
2Arabicمُحَرَّمforbidden
3Arabicحَرَّمَto forbid
Every word from Arabic حَرَّمَ →