Arabic derives from Aramaic and other Assyrian languages such as: Babylonian, Akkadian and Sumerian.
With that being said,
The name βMuhammadβ is spelled in Aramaic/Hebrew as ΧΧΧΧΧβ(MUαΈ€MD) which is a transliteration of Arabicβs βΩ ΨΩ Ψ―
Now, while the name in Arabic means βthe praised oneβ we can break the name down into Aramaic/Hebrew & Sumerian to get the ancient meaning of the name.
Mu- orβ-ΧΧβin Arabic & Sumerian indicates a negation or opposite meaning. In both languages it has multiple meanings but can be used to form opposites.
αΈ€MD or ΧΧΧβis Aramaic/Hebrew meaning βdesireβ
Putting it all together we get βdesire-lessβ.
Sources:
βmu-β (Prefix)
https://academia.edu/resource/work/79019223
βdesireβ definition
https://cal.huc.edu/browseSKEYheaders.php
CHAT GPT 3.5 response for βmu-β:
In Arabic, “mu” (Ω Ω) is a prefix that often indicates negation or reversal of meaning. It’s commonly used to form opposites or negatives of verbs and adjectives. For example, “Ω ΩΨͺΩΨ” (muftuαΈ₯) means “closed” or “shut,” with the “mu-” prefix indicating negation of the base word “ΩΨͺΩΨ” (ftuαΈ₯), which means “open.” Similarly, “Ω ΩΨͺΨ¨” (maktab) means “office,” but “Ω ΩΨͺΨ¨Ψ©” (maktaba) means “library,” with the addition of the “mu-” prefix changing the meaning from “office” to “place of books” or “bookstore.”






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