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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَرِيم (ḥarīm, “inviolate space, harem”).
Pronunciation
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harīm
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harīm
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harim
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harim
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Noun
حریم • (harim)
- 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?
- 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
- (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