haram en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /həˈɹɑːm/
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām). Doublet of harem and herem.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful.
I can’t speak about sex with my friends in Arabic. The words are too heavy and culturally loaded. It all sounds haram (sinful).
2005, Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Globalization and Geopolitics in the Middle East: Old Games, New Rules, Taylor & Francis e-Library, →ISBN, page 135:A year ago, the Party didn't even exist; some Salafi preachers had deemed democracy haram—forbidden under Islamic law.
2012 April 30, Wendell Steavenson, “Radicals Rising”, in The New Yorker:[…] collateral assets must not be debt, cash or prohibited as haram (sinful activity) and must not be associated in any way with unethical or exploitative operations or with speculation and uncertainty (gharar) […]
2007, Andreas Jobst, The Economics of Islamic Finance and Securitization:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| haraam | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
haram police · haramization · haramize · haramness · Boko Haram · harami · nonharam · haramball
Relateds
equivalents in Judaism · assur · treyf · possul
Synonyms
Translations (45)
ur حرام (forbidden by Islam) · ja ハラーム (forbidden by Islam) · pl haram (forbidden by Islam) · km ហារ៉ាម (forbidden by Islam) · id haram (forbidden by Islam) · ba харам (forbidden by Islam) · it haram (forbidden by Islam) · ru хара́мный (forbidden by Islam) · sv haram (forbidden by Islam) · tk haraam (forbidden by Islam) · th ฮะรอม (forbidden by Islam) · uz harom (forbidden by Islam) · he חַרַאם (forbidden by Islam) · sq haram (forbidden by Islam) · tt харам (forbidden by Islam) · ko 하람 (forbidden by Islam) · fr haram (forbidden by Islam) · fa حرام (forbidden by Islam) · ceb haram (forbidden by Islam) · pa ਹਰਾਮ (forbidden by Islam) · pnt χαράμ (forbidden by Islam) · fi haraam (forbidden by Islam) · ar حَرَام (forbidden by Islam) · az həram (forbidden by Islam) · ce хьарам (forbidden by Islam) · ms haram (forbidden by Islam) · ia haram (forbidden by Islam) · hi हराम (forbidden by Islam) · pt haram (forbidden by Islam) · af haraam (forbidden by Islam) · nl haram (forbidden by Islam) · rhg háram (forbidden by Islam) · ckb حەرام (forbidden by Islam) · kum гьарам (forbidden by Islam) · ml ഹറാം (forbidden by Islam) · yi כאַראַם (forbidden by Islam) · ky арам (forbidden by Islam) · tg ҳаром (forbidden by Islam) · bn হারাম (forbidden by Islam) · kk арам (forbidden by Islam) · mr हराम (forbidden by Islam) · sw haramu (forbidden by Islam) · tr haram (forbidden by Islam) · ug ھارام (forbidden by Islam) · cmn 哈拉姆 (forbidden by Islam)