muqaddam

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noun

Any of various Arabic or Islamic officials.

OriginArabic مُقَدَّم →
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Meanings

nounmuqaddam (plural muqaddams)

plural muqaddams · alternative mocadon · alternative mocuddum · alternative mokaddam · alternative moqaddem · alternative mucaddam · alternative mukaddam

  1. Any of various Arabic or Islamic officials.
  2. A former village head man in Bengal, through whom the government dealt with the peasants.

Origin

  1. Arabicمُقَدَّم
  2. Englishmuqaddam

Borrowed from Arabic مُقَدَّم (muqaddam). Doublet of Moghaddam.

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APA

muqaddam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muqaddam

MLA

“muqaddam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muqaddam. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muqaddam,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muqaddam.

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