حریم

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرِيم (ḥarīm, “inviolate space, harem”).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.ɾíːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.ɾíːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɾíːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɾím]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.ɹíːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.ɾím]

Readings
Classical reading?	harīm
Dari reading?	harīm
Iranian reading?	harim
Tajik reading?	harim

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Noun

حریم • (harim)

1. privacy

   Synonym: پرایوسی (perâyvasi)

   حریم شخصی ― harim-e šaxsi ― personal privacy

   حریم اطلاعاتی ― harim-e ettelâ'ati ― information privacy

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 164:

     من که دارم در حریم وصل صحبت با حبیب
     کی هوای خلد و میل حور رضوانم بود

     man ki dāram dar harīm wasl-i suhbat bā habīb
     kay hawā-yi xuld u mayl-i hawr-i rizwānam buwad

     When I reunite with the beloved in conversation in private,
     How should I long for paradise or desire the houris of Riḍwan?

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. inviolate space

   حریم هوایی ― harim-e havâyi ― airspace

   حریم رودخانه ― harim-e rudxâne ― riparian area (which should not be developed)

   حریم راه ― harim-e râh ― area where right of way applies

3. (historical, dated) harem, women's quarters

   Synonyms: حرم‌سرا (haram-sarâ), شبستان (šabestân)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “حریم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim