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Magomed

Магомед

A Cyrillic civil-registry spelling of the Arabic name Muhammad, "praiseworthy".

Meaning and origin

Magomed is the form the Russian imperial and Soviet administrations settled on when they registered Muslim boys of the North Caucasus under one standard spelling of the Prophet Muhammad's name, rather than each…

How to pronounce Magomed

Russianmuh-guh-MYET /məɡɐˈmʲet/

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