muqaddam

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُقَدَّم (muqaddam).

Noun

muqaddam (plural muqaddams)

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

Alternative forms

• mocadon, mocuddum, mokaddam, moqaddem, mucaddam, mukaddam