Where does “muharem” come from?

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

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

Definitions

  1. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar

Ancestry of “muharem”, step by step

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