| 释义 |
‖ Moharram|məʊˈhʌrəm|
Also 7 muharam, 8 muharrem, 8–9 mohurrum, 9 moharran, muharram.
[Arab. muḥarram (lit. ‘sacred’).]
a. The first month of the Muslim year, containing thirty days.
b. An annual celebration in this month; originally a period of mourning observed by the Shiites in memory of the ‘martyrdom’ of Hasan and Husain; in India the ceremonies are now rather of a festal than a mournful character, and are shared in not only by Muslims generally, but even by many Hindus.
[1615Bedwell Arab. Trudg. N 1 b, Moharram, Muharam,..the name of the first moneth of the Arabian Kalendar, containing 30 daies.] 1861J. T. Wheeler Madras in Olden Time II. 347 The time came round for the Mussulman feast called ‘Hossein Jossen’..better known as the Mohurrum. 1882Floyer Unexpl. Baluchistan 80 The preparations for the Moharram were extensive. |