Mahmud

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Mahmud

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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.

proper noun Mahmut · Mahmoud · Mahmood · Mahmout · Mehmud · Mehmood

A male given name from Arabic.

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name male given name

中文	馬哈茂德 /马哈茂德 Mǎhāmàodé
हिन्दी	महमूद mahmūd
Русский	Махму́д Maxmúd
العربية	مَحْمُود maḥmūd
עברית	מַחְמוּד maḥmúd

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@misc{mahmud_2026,
  title = {Mahmud},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mahmud},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}