ハレム

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish harem.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) From Arabic حَرِيم (ḥarīm), variant of حَرَم (ḥaram, “forbidden”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ハ​レム [háꜜrèmù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ɾe̞mɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ハレム • (haremu) 

  1. a harem
    1. a group of women in a polygamous household
    2. an inner chamber in a Muslim royal palace
    3. (zoology) a group of female animals mating with a single male

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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