Etymograph

English

Mohyeddin

Mohyeddin comes from Classical Persian مُحْیِیالدِّین, and goes back to Arabic مُحْيِي الدِّين.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentمُحْيِي الدِّينliterally ‘reviver of religion’
  2. Classical Persianc. 900–presentمُحْیِیالدِّینmuhyī-ddīn
  3. Iranian Persianmodernمحیالدینmohye-ddin
  4. EnglishtodayMohyeddin

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentمُحْيِي الدِّينliterally ‘reviver of religion’
  2. Classical Persianc. 900–presentمُحْیِیالدِّینmuhyī-ddīn
  3. Iranian Persianmodernمحیالدینmohye-ddin
  4. EnglishtodayMohyeddin

The story

Borrowed from Iranian Persian محیالدین (mohye-ddin), from Classical Persian مُحْیِیالدِّین (muhyī-ddīn), from Arabic مُحْيِي الدِّين (muḥyī d-dīn, literally “reviver of religion”).

Today it means

name A male given name from Iranian Persian.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic مُحْيِي الدِّين / Mohyeddin