Mahown
Middle English
Alternative forms
- Machoun, mahon, Mahon, Mahoun, mahound, mahounde, Mahounde, Mahount, mahownd, mahum, mahun, Mahun, Mawhown
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman Mahun and Old French Mahum, Mahom, shortened from Mahomed (“Muhammad”), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).[1] Doublet of Macomet and mawmet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈhuːn(d)/[2]
Noun
Mahown (uncountable)
- Mahound (Muhammad, believed to be worshipped as a god by Muslims)
- idol (representation of a pagan god)
Descendants
References
- ^ “Mahǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ Strandberg, Otto (1919), “Mahoun”, in The rime-vowels of Cursor mundi; a phonological and etymological investigation[1], Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri-A.-B., →OCLC, § 401, page 196.