Mahmoud

English

Proper noun

Mahmoud

1. Alternative spelling of Mahmud
   • 2009 November 2, Ian Black, “Arab anger as Hillary Clinton backs Israel on settlements”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     There were harsher comments from Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas: "The negotiations are in a state of paralysis, and the result of Israel's intransigence and America's backpedalling is that there is no hope of negotiations on the horizon."

Anagrams

• Hammoud, Mohamud

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَحْمُود (maḥmūd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.mud/; /mah.mud/

Proper noun

Mahmoud m

1. a surname from Arabic

   Joseph Mahmoud, b. 1955

2. a male given name from Arabic