Maḥmūd
مَحْمُود
Say it mah-MOOD
Praised
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Qurʾān: 17:79
- Also spelled
- Mahmud, Mahmood, Mahmoud
Meaning & source
Praised.
In the Qurʾān this word only appears with the article (17:79); the bare form is copied from Lisān al-ʿArab.
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حمد: الْحَمْدُ: نَقِيضُ الذَّمِّ
Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab, vol. 3, p. 155 (Dār Ṣādir, Beirut, 3rd ed. 1414 AH)