Definitions for Harim

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Harim ha·rim

Spelling: [hair-uh m, har-, ha-reem]

IPA: /ˈhɛər əm, ˈhær-, hæˈrim/

Harim is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in Harim (ahimr).

Definitions for Harim

noun

1. harem.
2. the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
3. the women in a Muslim household, including the mother, sisters, wives, concubines, daughters, entertainers, and servants.
4. Animal Behavior. a social group of females, as elephant seals, accompanied or followed by one fertile male who denies other males access to the group.
5. Facetious: Sometimes Offensive. a group of women associated in any way with one man or household:

Origin of Harim

First recorded in 1625-35, harem is from the Arabic word harīm harem, literally, forbidden

Examples for Harim

She rose quietly and tried the door of the dutap into the corridor which led to the harim.

"By the beard of the Prophet—he was in my harim," muttered the Effendi.

And so Marishka, once more balked in her enterprise, went back to the harim.

He kissed her again, and then quickly, "The harim is—where?"

What if Hugh were already at the foot of the stairs, waiting to knock upon the door of the harim as she had directed?

The living tents are smaller, and the word beyt house here applies only to the harim.

From the harim came a sudden muffled noise—as though some one were beating upon a carpet.

The Emir at once put me in charge of a black slave woman, who led the way to the harim.