Definitions for ihram

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ihram ih·ram

Spelling: [ee-rahm]

IPA: /iˈrɑm/

Ihram is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

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

Definitions for ihram

noun

1. the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.

Origin of ihram

First recorded in 1695-1705, ihram is from the Arabic word iḥrām literally, prohibition

Examples for ihram

The heads of the party were bare; their countenances becomingly solemn; their ihram fresh and spotlessly white.

With appropriate ceremony, Ali donned the ihram and ran a mental tally of the things he must not do until the Hadj came to an end.