Definitions for haram

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haram ha·ram

Spelling: [hair-uh m, har-]

IPA: /ˈhɛər əm, ˈhær-/

Haram is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in haram (aahmr).

Definitions for haram

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 haram

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

Examples for haram

At Moorshedabad were the court, the haram, and the public offices.

Knights Templar, their stables in the vaults of the haram, 78.

Rock near the haram barrack, site of the Tower Antonia, 59, 64.

“They say that drinking is haram,” or sinful under Islamic law.

The tone of Fattiallah Khan's haram was not higher than usual.

Barrack in the haram, 20;the rock near it the site of Antonia Tower, 59, 64.

And they say, that the military uniforms now introducing, are haram or unlawful.

They may be seen on the south and at the south-west corner of the haram (Fig. 4).

This was not in the sacred enclosure—the haram as it is now called.

Now there is just such a rock-fortress in the north-west part of the haram.