حرام

See also: حزام

Arabic

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Etymology 1

From the root ح ر م (ḥ r m), related to Hebrew חֵרֶם (ḥērem, “taboo, consecration”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħa.raːm/

Adjective

حَرَام • (ḥarām) (feminine حَرَام (ḥarām), common plural حُرُم (ḥurum))

forbidden, interdicted, unlawful, illegitimate
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 10:59:
  قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُم مَّاۤ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّٰهُ لَكُم مِّن رِّزۡقࣲ فَجَعَلۡتُم مِّنۡهُ حَرَامࣰا وَحَلَـٰلࣰا قُلۡ ءَاۤللَّهُ أَذِنَ لَكُمۡ ۖ أَمۡ عَلَى ٱللَّٰهِ تَفۡتَرُونَ
  qul ʔa-raʔaytum mā ʔanzala l-lahu lakum min rizqin fa-jaʕaltum minhu ḥarāman wa-ḥalālan qul ʔāllāhu ʔaḏina lakum ʔam ʕalā llāhi taftarūna
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ill-gotten; stolen
inviolable, sacred, sacrosanct, taboo
اَلْأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ ― al-ʔašhuru l-ḥurumu ― The sacred months.
cursed, accursed, anathema

Declension

Declension of adjective **حَرَام** (ḥarām)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	حَرَام ḥarām	الْحَرَام al-ḥarām	حَرَام ḥarām	الْحَرَام al-ḥarām
nominative	حَرَامٌ ḥarāmun	الْحَرَامُ al-ḥarāmu	حَرَامٌ ḥarāmun	الْحَرَامُ al-ḥarāmu
accusative	حَرَامًا ḥarāman	الْحَرَامَ al-ḥarāma	حَرَامًا ḥarāman	الْحَرَامَ al-ḥarāma
genitive	حَرَامٍ ḥarāmin	الْحَرَامِ al-ḥarāmi	حَرَامٍ ḥarāmin	الْحَرَامِ al-ḥarāmi
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	حَرَام‎; حَرَامَيْن ḥarām‎; ḥarāmayn	الْحَرَام‎; الْحَرَامَيْن al-ḥarām‎; al-ḥarāmayn	حَرَام‎; حَرَامَيْن ḥarām‎; ḥarāmayn	الْحَرَام‎; الْحَرَامَيْن al-ḥarām‎; al-ḥarāmayn
nominative	حَرَامٌ‎; حَرَامَانِ ḥarāmun‎; ḥarāmāni	الْحَرَامُ‎; الْحَرَامَانِ al-ḥarāmu‎; al-ḥarāmāni	حَرَامٌ‎; حَرَامَانِ ḥarāmun‎; ḥarāmāni	الْحَرَامُ‎; الْحَرَامَانِ al-ḥarāmu‎; al-ḥarāmāni
accusative	حَرَامًا‎; حَرَامَيْنِ ḥarāman‎; ḥarāmayni	الْحَرَامَ‎; الْحَرَامَيْنِ al-ḥarāma‎; al-ḥarāmayni	حَرَامًا‎; حَرَامَيْنِ ḥarāman‎; ḥarāmayni	الْحَرَامَ‎; الْحَرَامَيْنِ al-ḥarāma‎; al-ḥarāmayni
genitive	حَرَامٍ‎; حَرَامَيْنِ ḥarāmin‎; ḥarāmayni	الْحَرَامِ‎; الْحَرَامَيْنِ al-ḥarāmi‎; al-ḥarāmayni	حَرَامٍ‎; حَرَامَيْنِ ḥarāmin‎; ḥarāmayni	الْحَرَامِ‎; الْحَرَامَيْنِ al-ḥarāmi‎; al-ḥarāmayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	حَرَام‎; حُرُم ḥarām‎; ḥurum	الْحَرَام‎; الْحُرُم al-ḥarām‎; al-ḥurum	حَرَام‎; حُرُم ḥarām‎; ḥurum	الْحَرَام‎; الْحُرُم al-ḥarām‎; al-ḥurum
nominative	حَرَامٌ‎; حُرُمٌ ḥarāmun‎; ḥurumun	الْحَرَامُ‎; الْحُرُمُ al-ḥarāmu‎; al-ḥurumu	حَرَامٌ‎; حُرُمٌ ḥarāmun‎; ḥurumun	الْحَرَامُ‎; الْحُرُمُ al-ḥarāmu‎; al-ḥurumu
accusative	حَرَامًا‎; حُرُمًا ḥarāman‎; ḥuruman	الْحَرَامَ‎; الْحُرُمَ al-ḥarāma‎; al-ḥuruma	حَرَامًا‎; حُرُمًا ḥarāman‎; ḥuruman	الْحَرَامَ‎; الْحُرُمَ al-ḥarāma‎; al-ḥuruma
genitive	حَرَامٍ‎; حُرُمٍ ḥarāmin‎; ḥurumin	الْحَرَامِ‎; الْحُرُمِ al-ḥarāmi‎; al-ḥurumi	حَرَامٍ‎; حُرُمٍ ḥarāmin‎; ḥurumin	الْحَرَامِ‎; الْحُرُمِ al-ḥarāmi‎; al-ḥurumi

Antonyms

حَلَال (ḥalāl)

Descendants

Maltese: ħram
South Levantine Arabic: حرام
→ Afar: caráamu
→ Azerbaijani: haram
→ Catalan: haram
→ Classical Persian: حَرَام (harām)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: हराम (harām)
  Urdu: حَرَام (harām)
  - → Ushojo: حرام
→ Dutch: haram
→ English: haram
→ Finnish: haram
→ Hausa: haram
→ Malay: haram
→ Indonesian: haram
→ Portuguese: haram
→ Swahili: haramu
→ Ottoman Turkish: حرام
→ Ladino: haram

→ Romanian: haram

> Turkish: haram (inherited)
→ Swedish: haram
→ Tagalog: haram
→ Uyghur: ھارام (haram)

Noun

حَرَام • (ḥarām) m

verbal noun of حَرِمَ (ḥarima) (form I)
verbal noun of حَرُمَ (ḥaruma) (form I)
اِبْنُ حَرَامٍ ― ibnu ḥarāmin ― illegitimate son/child (bastard)

Declension

Declension of noun **حَرَام** (ḥarām)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَرَام ḥarām	الْحَرَام al-ḥarām	حَرَام ḥarām
nominative	حَرَامٌ ḥarāmun	الْحَرَامُ al-ḥarāmu	حَرَامُ ḥarāmu
accusative	حَرَامًا ḥarāman	الْحَرَامَ al-ḥarāma	حَرَامَ ḥarāma
genitive	حَرَامٍ ḥarāmin	الْحَرَامِ al-ḥarāmi	حَرَامِ ḥarāmi

Etymology 2

A modern coinage, having its name because of the resemblance to the إِحْرام (ʔiḥrām) of Mecca pilgrims.

Noun

حِرَام • (ḥirām) m (plural حِرَامَات (ḥirāmāt) or أَحْرِمَة (ʔaḥrima))

woolen blanket, cloak (worn as a garment)

Declension

Declension of noun **حِرَام** (ḥirām)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حِرَام ḥirām	الْحِرَام al-ḥirām	حِرَام ḥirām
nominative	حِرَامٌ ḥirāmun	الْحِرَامُ al-ḥirāmu	حِرَامُ ḥirāmu
accusative	حِرَامًا ḥirāman	الْحِرَامَ al-ḥirāma	حِرَامَ ḥirāma
genitive	حِرَامٍ ḥirāmin	الْحِرَامِ al-ḥirāmi	حِرَامِ ḥirāmi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حِرَامَيْن ḥirāmayn	الْحِرَامَيْن al-ḥirāmayn	حِرَامَيْ ḥirāmay
nominative	حِرَامَانِ ḥirāmāni	الْحِرَامَانِ al-ḥirāmāni	حِرَامَا ḥirāmā
accusative	حِرَامَيْنِ ḥirāmayni	الْحِرَامَيْنِ al-ḥirāmayni	حِرَامَيْ ḥirāmay
genitive	حِرَامَيْنِ ḥirāmayni	الْحِرَامَيْنِ al-ḥirāmayni	حِرَامَيْ ḥirāmay
plural	sound feminine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حِرَامَات‎; أَحْرِمَة ḥirāmāt‎; ʔaḥrima	الْحِرَامَات‎; الْأَحْرِمَة al-ḥirāmāt‎; al-ʔaḥrima	حِرَامَات‎; أَحْرِمَة ḥirāmāt‎; ʔaḥrimat
nominative	حِرَامَاتٌ‎; أَحْرِمَةٌ ḥirāmātun‎; ʔaḥrimatun	الْحِرَامَاتُ‎; الْأَحْرِمَةُ al-ḥirāmātu‎; al-ʔaḥrimatu	حِرَامَاتُ‎; أَحْرِمَةُ ḥirāmātu‎; ʔaḥrimatu
accusative	حِرَامَاتٍ‎; أَحْرِمَةً ḥirāmātin‎; ʔaḥrimatan	الْحِرَامَاتِ‎; الْأَحْرِمَةَ al-ḥirāmāti‎; al-ʔaḥrimata	حِرَامَاتِ‎; أَحْرِمَةَ ḥirāmāti‎; ʔaḥrimata
genitive	حِرَامَاتٍ‎; أَحْرِمَةٍ ḥirāmātin‎; ʔaḥrimatin	الْحِرَامَاتِ‎; الْأَحْرِمَةِ al-ḥirāmāti‎; al-ʔaḥrimati	حِرَامَاتِ‎; أَحْرِمَةِ ḥirāmāti‎; ʔaḥrimati

References

Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “حرام”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 250
Worrell, William Hoyt (1935) “More about Arabic Terms for ”Rug””, in Ars Islamica, volume 2, number 1, →DOI, page 68

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (harām), from Arabic حرام (ḥarām)

Adjective

حرام (ḥrām)

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:

حرام

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Alternative forms

(Tehrani) حروم (harum)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ha.ˈɾɑːm]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.ɾɑ́ːm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɾɑ́ːm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɾɔ́ːm]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.ɹɒ́ːm]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [hæ.ɹúːm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.ɾɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading^?	harām
Dari reading^?	harām
Iranian reading^?	harâm
Tajik reading^?	harom

Adjective


Iranian Persian	حرام
Dari	حرام
Tajik	ҳаром

حرام • (harâm)

(Islam) haram
forbidden
illegitimate
poor thing (as a compassionate expression)
Synonym: بی‌چاره

Antonyms

حلال (halâl)

Derived terms

حرام‌زاده (harâm-zâde)
حرام‌زادگی (harâm-zâdegi)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: हराम (harām)

Urdu: حَرَام (harām)
- → Ushojo: حرام

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ر م
5 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħa.raːm/, [ħaˈrˤɑːm]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Adjective

حرام • (ḥarām) (feminine حرام (ḥarām))

forbidden, unlawful
Synonym: ممنوع (mamnūʕ)
sacred, holy
Synonym: مقدس (muqaddas)
(Islam) haram

Antonyms

حلال (ḥalāl)

Noun

حرام • (ḥarām) m

taboo, shame

Etymology 2

From Arabic إِحْرَام (ʔiḥrām).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħraːm/, [ħrˤɑːm]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Noun

حرام • (ḥrām) m (plural حرامات (ḥrāmāt))

blanket
Synonym: بطانية (baṭṭāniyye)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (harām), from Arabic حرام (ḥarām)

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦə.ɾɑːm/
Audio (Pakistan): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːm

Adjective

حرام • (harām) (Hindi spelling हराम)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu حرام (harām).

Adjective

حرام (harām)