حرام

See also: حزام

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ح ر م (ḥ-r-m), related to Hebrew חֵרֶם (ḥērem, taboo, consecration).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.raːm/

Adjective

حَرَام • (ḥarām) (feminine حَرَام (ḥarām), common plural حُرُم (ḥurum))

  1. forbidden, interdicted, unlawful, illegitimate
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 10:59:
      قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُم مَّاۤ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّٰهُ لَكُم مِّن رِّزۡقࣲ فَجَعَلۡتُم مِّنۡهُ حَرَامࣰا وَحَلَـٰلࣰا قُلۡ ءَاۤللَّهُ أَذِنَ لَكُمۡ ۖ أَمۡ عَلَى ٱللَّٰهِ تَفۡتَرُونَ
      qul ʔa-raʔaytum mā ʔanzala l-lahu lakum min rizqin fa-jaʕaltum minhu ḥarāman wa-ḥalālan qul ʔāllāhu ʔaḏina lakum ʔam ʕalā llāhi taftarūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. ill-gotten; stolen
  3. inviolable, sacred, sacrosanct, taboo
    اَلْأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُal-ʔašhuru l-ḥurumuThe sacred months.
  4. cursed, accursed, anathema
Declension
Antonyms
Descendants
  • Afar: caráamu
  • English: haram

Noun

حَرَام • (ḥarām) m

  1. verbal noun of حَرِمَ (ḥarima) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of حَرُمَ (ḥaruma) (form I)
    اِبْنُ حَرَامٍibnu ḥarāminillegitimate son/child (bastard)
Declension

Etymology 2

A modern coinage, having its name because of the resemblance to the إِحْرام (ʔiḥrām) of Mecca pilgrims.

Noun

حِرَام • (ḥirām) m (plural حِرَامَات (ḥirāmāt) or أَحْرِمَة (ʔaḥrima))

  1. woolen blanket, cloak (worn as a garment)
Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “حرام”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 250
  • Worrell, William Hoyt (1935) “More about Arabic Terms for ”Rug””, in Ars Islamica, volume 2, number 1, →DOI, page 68

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [hä.ɾɑ́ːm]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔä.ɾɑ́ːm]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔä.ɾɔ́ːm]

Readings
Classical reading? harām
Dari reading? harām
Iranian reading? harâm
Tajik reading? harom

Adjective

Dari حرام
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳаром

حرام • (harâm)

  1. (Islam) haram
  2. forbidden
  3. illegitimate
  4. analogous to saying "poor thing" as an expression of compassion towards the suffering

Antonyms

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ر م
5 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.raːm/, [ħaˈrˤɑːm]
  • (file)

Adjective

حرام • (ḥarām) (feminine حرام (ḥarām))

  1. forbidden, unlawful
    Synonym: ممنوع (mamnūʕ)
  2. sacred, holy
    Synonym: مقدس (muqaddas)
  3. (Islam) haram
Antonyms

Noun

حرام • (ḥarām) m

  1. taboo, shame

See also

Etymology 2

From Arabic إِحْرَام (ʔiḥrām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħraːm/, [ħrˤɑːm]
  • (file)

Noun

حرام • (ḥrām) m (plural حرامات (ḥrāmāt))

  1. blanket
    Synonym: بطانية (baṭṭāniyye)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حرام (harâm), from Arabic حرام (ḥarām)

Pronunciation

Adjective

حرام • (harām) (Hindi spelling हराम)

  1. forbidden
  2. unlawful
  3. (Islam) haram

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu حرام (harām).

Adjective

حرام (harām)

  1. forbidden
  2. unlawful
  3. (Islam) haram
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