ハレム
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Japanese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ハーレム (hāremu)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Turkish harem.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) From Arabic حَرِيم (ḥarīm), variant of حَرَم (ḥaram, “forbidden”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- a harem
- a group of women in a polygamous household
- an inner chamber in a Muslim royal palace
- (zoology) a group of female animals mating with a single male
References
[edit]- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN