محروم

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Arabic

Root
ح ر م (ḥ-r-m)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb حَرَمَ (ḥarama, to deprive).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَحْرُوم (maḥrūm) (feminine مَحْرُومَة (maḥrūma), masculine plural مَحْرُومُونَ (maḥrūmūna), feminine plural مَحْرُومَات (maḥrūmāt))

  1. passive participle of حَرَمَ (ḥarama)
    1. deprived, dispossessed, bereft

Declension

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian محروم (mahrūm), from Arabic مَحْرُوم (maḥrūm).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَحْرُوم (mahrūm) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling महरूम)

  1. deprived of; excluded
  2. denied; refused
  3. unfortunate; wretched; miserable
  4. (rare) pure; innocent

Usage notes

Most commonly used in the first sense.

Further reading

  • محروم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • محروم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “محروم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.