Etymograph

English

Mosammat

Mosammat comes from Arabic مُسَمَّاةٌ ‘named’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentمُسَمَّاةٌmusammātun‘named’
  2. Bengalimodernমোসাম্মৎmōśammot
  3. EnglishtodayMosammat

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentمُسَمَّاةٌmusammātun‘named’
  2. Bengalimodernমোসাম্মৎmōśammot
  3. EnglishtodayMosammat

Today it means

name A title used before the names of women in some South Asian countries, roughly equivalent to Missus or Miss.

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

Etymograph / Arabic مُسَمَّاةٌ / Mosammat