Meanings
- A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that the Knights Templar worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.
Origin
- Arabicمُحَمَّد
- Andalusian Arabicمَحُمَّدْ“Maḥummad”
- OccitanBafometz
- Medieval LatinBaphometh
- EnglishBaphomet
From Medieval Latin Baphometh, deriving from Occitan Bafometz. Ostensibly a corruption of Andalusian Arabic مَحُمَّدْ (“Maḥummad”), ultimately deriving from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) (compare Old Catalan Mafumet and Old Galician-Portuguese Mafomat), which would make it a doublet of mammet and Muhammad. Other sources have been suggested.
More words from Medieval Latin, Occitan, Andalusian Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَاهُومَت
- بَاهُومَت (bāhūmat)pagan deity
Bulgarian Бафомет
- Бафомет (Bafomet)pagan deity
Chinese Mandarin 巴風特 /巴风特, 巴弗滅 /巴弗灭
- 巴風特 /巴风特 (Bāfēngtè)pagan deity
- 巴弗滅 /巴弗灭 (Bāfúmiè)pagan deity
French Baphomet
- Baphometpagan deity
German Baphomet
- Baphometpagan deity
Indonesian Bafomet
- Bafometpagan deity
Italian Bafometto
- Bafomettopagan deity
Japanese バフォメット
- バフォメット (Bafometto)pagan deity
Korean 바포메트
- 바포메트 (bapometeu)pagan deity
Persian بافومه
- بافومهpagan deity
Portuguese Baphomet, Bafomete
- Baphometpagan deity
- Bafometepagan deity
- Bafomépagan deity
Russian Бафоме́т
- Бафоме́т (Bafomét)pagan deity
Spanish Baphomet
- Baphometpagan deity
Thai บาโฟเมต
- บาโฟเมตpagan deity
Turkish Baphomet, Bafomet
- Baphometpagan deity
- Bafometpagan deity
Cite this entry
Baphomet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baphomet
“Baphomet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baphomet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Baphomet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baphomet.
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