Baphomet en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbæfəmɛt/
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Baphometh, deriving from Occitan Bafometz. Ostensibly a corruption of Andalusian Arabic مَحُمَّدْ (“Maḥummad”), ultimately deriving from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) (compare Old Catalan Mafumet and Old Galician-Portuguese Mafomat), which would make it a doublet of mammet and Muhammad. Other sources have been suggested.
Meanings
- A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that the Knights Templar worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.
Deriveds
Translations (20)
cmn 巴弗滅 /巴弗灭 (pagan deity) · es Baphomet (pagan deity) · de Baphomet (pagan deity) · th บาโฟเมต (pagan deity) · pt Bafomete (pagan deity) · ja バフォメット (pagan deity) · ru Бафоме́т (pagan deity) · id Bafomet (pagan deity) · ar بَاهُومَت (pagan deity) · pt Bafomé (pagan deity) · fa بافومه (pagan deity) · ka ბაფომეტი (pagan deity) · cmn 巴風特 /巴风特 (pagan deity) · ko 바포메트 (pagan deity) · pt Baphomet (pagan deity) · tr Baphomet (pagan deity) · tr Bafomet (pagan deity) · it Bafometto (pagan deity) · bg Бафомет (pagan deity) · fr Baphomet (pagan deity)