محرم

muḥarram (pass. part. of حرّم 'to forbid, prohibit,' etc., ii of حرم 'to be forbidden,' etc.), part. adj. Forbidden, unlawful; excluded; sacred; venerable, dignified;—s.m. 'The sacred month,' the month of Muḥarram, the first month of the Muḥammadan year (held sacred on account of the death of Ḥusain, son of 'Alī, who was killed by Yazīd, near Kūfa);—mourning and lamentation:—muḥarram-kāsipāhī, s.m. A holiday soldier (so called because fighting was prohibited in that month):—muḥarram-kīpaidā`ish, 'One born in the month of Muḥarram'; the knight of the rueful countenance.