محروم

Arabic
Root
ح ر م (ḥ-r-m)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb حَرَمَ (ḥarama, “to deprive”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maħ.ruːm/

Adjective

مَحْرُوم • (maḥrūm) (feminine مَحْرُومَة (maḥrūma), masculine plural مَحْرُومُونَ (maḥrūmūna), feminine plural مَحْرُومَات (maḥrūmāt))

  1. passive participle of حَرَمَ (ḥarama)
    1. deprived, dispossessed, bereft

Declension
Declension of adjective مَحْرُوم (maḥrūm)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal مَحْرُوم
maḥrūm		 الْمَحْرُوم
al-maḥrūm		 مَحْرُومَة
maḥrūma		 الْمَحْرُومَة
al-maḥrūma
Nominative مَحْرُومٌ
maḥrūmun		 الْمَحْرُومُ
al-maḥrūmu		 مَحْرُومَةٌ
maḥrūmatun		 الْمَحْرُومَةُ
al-maḥrūmatu
Accusative مَحْرُومًا
maḥrūman		 الْمَحْرُومَ
al-maḥrūma		 مَحْرُومَةً
maḥrūmatan		 الْمَحْرُومَةَ
al-maḥrūmata
Genitive مَحْرُومٍ
maḥrūmin		 الْمَحْرُومِ
al-maḥrūmi		 مَحْرُومَةٍ
maḥrūmatin		 الْمَحْرُومَةِ
al-maḥrūmati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal مَحْرُومَيْن
maḥrūmayn		 الْمَحْرُومَيْن
al-maḥrūmayn		 مَحْرُومَتَيْن
maḥrūmatayn		 الْمَحْرُومَتَيْن
al-maḥrūmatayn
Nominative مَحْرُومَانِ
maḥrūmāni		 الْمَحْرُومَانِ
al-maḥrūmāni		 مَحْرُومَتَانِ
maḥrūmatāni		 الْمَحْرُومَتَانِ
al-maḥrūmatāni
Accusative مَحْرُومَيْنِ
maḥrūmayni		 الْمَحْرُومَيْنِ
al-maḥrūmayni		 مَحْرُومَتَيْنِ
maḥrūmatayni		 الْمَحْرُومَتَيْنِ
al-maḥrūmatayni
Genitive مَحْرُومَيْنِ
maḥrūmayni		 الْمَحْرُومَيْنِ
al-maḥrūmayni		 مَحْرُومَتَيْنِ
maḥrūmatayni		 الْمَحْرُومَتَيْنِ
al-maḥrūmatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal مَحْرُومِين
maḥrūmīn		 الْمَحْرُومِين
al-maḥrūmīn		 مَحْرُومَات
maḥrūmāt		 الْمَحْرُومَات
al-maḥrūmāt
Nominative مَحْرُومُونَ
maḥrūmūna		 الْمَحْرُومُونَ
al-maḥrūmūna		 مَحْرُومَاتٌ
maḥrūmātun		 الْمَحْرُومَاتُ
al-maḥrūmātu
Accusative مَحْرُومِينَ
maḥrūmīna		 الْمَحْرُومِينَ
al-maḥrūmīna		 مَحْرُومَاتٍ
maḥrūmātin		 الْمَحْرُومَاتِ
al-maḥrūmāti
Genitive مَحْرُومِينَ
maḥrūmīna		 الْمَحْرُومِينَ
al-maḥrūmīna		 مَحْرُومَاتٍ
maḥrūmātin		 الْمَحْرُومَاتِ
al-maḥrūmāti

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian محروم (mahrūm), from Arabic مَحْرُوم (maḥrūm).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məɦ.ɾuːm/, [mɛɦ.ɾuːm]
  • Rhymes: -uːm
  • Hyphenation: مَح‧رُوم

Adjective

مَحْرُوم • (mahrūm) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling महरूम)

  1. deprived of; excluded
  2. denied; refused
  3. unfortunate; wretched; miserable
  4. (rare) pure; innocent

Usage notes

Most commonly used in the first sense.

Further reading
  • “محروم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “محروم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “محروم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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