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See also: Haram, haŕam, and hárám

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām). Doublet of herem.

Pronunciation

Noun

haram (plural harams)

  1. (Islam) A sin.
    • 2003, M. Sıddık Gümüş, Advice For The Muslim, page 258:
      In case of necessity it is permissible to change one's madhhab or to do a few things according to another madhhab. It is haram to cheat in order to omit a fard or commit a haram.
    • 2012, Manal Hamzeh, Pedagogies of Deveiling: Muslim Girls and the Hijab Discourse, page 82:
      In Arabic, haram is the noun derived from the verb hrm, the opposite of what it allowed.
Eating pork is haram.

Adjective

haram (not comparable)

  1. (Islam, fiqh) Forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful.
    Synonym: nonhalal
    Antonym: halal
    • 2005, Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Globalization and Geopolitics in the Middle East: Old Games, New Rules‎, Taylor & Francis e-Library, →ISBN, page 135:
      I can’t speak about sex with my friends in Arabic. The words are too heavy and culturally loaded. It all sounds haram (sinful).
    • 2007, Andreas Jobst, The Economics of Islamic Finance and Securitization‎:
      […] collateral assets must not be debt, cash or prohibited as haram (sinful activity) and must not be associated in any way with unethical or exploitative operations or with speculation and uncertainty (gharar) […]
    • 2012 April 30, Wendell Steavenson, “Radicals Rising”, in The New Yorker:
      A year ago, the Party didn't even exist; some Salafi preachers had deemed democracy haram—forbidden under Islamic law.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic һарам
Abjad حرام

Etymology

From Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

haram (comparative daha haram, superlative ən haram)

  1. (Islam, fiqh) haram (forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful)
    Antonym: halal
  2. dishonest, dirty (earned or acquired in an unfair manner)
    Antonym: halal
    haram pul ― dirty money

Derived terms

Interjection

haram

  1. shame on you; may it not benefit you
    Haram olsun sənə verdiyim ürək!
    Shame on you for having broken my heart!
    (literally, “May the heart I gave you be haram for you; may it not benefit you”)

Further reading

  • “haram” in Obastan.com.

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haˈɾam/
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈɾam/ (h-dropping)
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ram

Noun

harám (Basahan spelling ᜑᜍᜋ᜔)

  1. (Sorsogon) Alternative form of hadam

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām). Doublet of harem.

Pronunciation

Adjective

haram (invariable)

  1. haram
    Antonym: halal

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦaːˈraːm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ram

Adjective

haram (not comparable)

  1. (Islam) forbidden, not allowed
    Antonym: halal

Declension

Declension of haram
uninflected haram
inflected harame
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial haram
indefinite m./f. sing. harame
n. sing. haram
plural harame
definite harame
partitive harams
Declension of haram
uninflected haram
inflected haramme
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial haram
indefinite m./f. sing. haramme
n. sing. haram
plural haramme
definite haramme
partitive harams

Adverb

haram (comparative haramer, superlative haramst)

  1. (Islam) in a way that is forbidden

Finnish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

Pronunciation

Adjective

haram

  1. (Islam) haram

Declension

Inflection of haram (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative haram haramit
genitive haramin haramien
partitive haramia harameja
illative haramiin harameihin
singular plural
nominative haram haramit
accusative nom. haram haramit
gen. haramin
genitive haramin haramien
partitive haramia harameja
inessive haramissa harameissa
elative haramista harameista
illative haramiin harameihin
adessive haramilla harameilla
ablative haramilta harameilta
allative haramille harameille
essive haramina harameina
translative haramiksi harameiksi
abessive haramitta harameitta
instructive — haramein
comitative — harameine
Possessive forms of haram (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative haramini haramini
accusative nom. haramini haramini
gen. haramini
genitive haramini haramieni
partitive haramiani haramejani
inessive haramissani harameissani
elative haramistani harameistani
illative haramiini harameihini
adessive haramillani harameillani
ablative haramiltani harameiltani
allative haramilleni harameilleni
essive haraminani harameinani
translative haramikseni harameikseni
abessive haramittani harameittani
instructive — —
comitative — harameineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative haramisi haramisi
accusative nom. haramisi haramisi
gen. haramisi
genitive haramisi haramiesi
partitive haramiasi haramejasi
inessive haramissasi harameissasi
elative haramistasi harameistasi
illative haramiisi harameihisi
adessive haramillasi harameillasi
ablative haramiltasi harameiltasi
allative haramillesi harameillesi
essive haraminasi harameinasi
translative haramiksesi harameiksesi
abessive haramittasi harameittasi
instructive — —
comitative — harameinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative haramimme haramimme
accusative nom. haramimme haramimme
gen. haramimme
genitive haramimme haramiemme
partitive haramiamme haramejamme
inessive haramissamme harameissamme
elative haramistamme harameistamme
illative haramiimme harameihimme
adessive haramillamme harameillamme
ablative haramiltamme harameiltamme
allative haramillemme harameillemme
essive haraminamme harameinamme
translative haramiksemme harameiksemme
abessive haramittamme harameittamme
instructive — —
comitative — harameinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative haraminne haraminne
accusative nom. haraminne haraminne
gen. haraminne
genitive haraminne haramienne
partitive haramianne haramejanne
inessive haramissanne harameissanne
elative haramistanne harameistanne
illative haramiinne harameihinne
adessive haramillanne harameillanne
ablative haramiltanne harameiltanne
allative haramillenne harameillenne
essive haraminanne harameinanne
translative haramiksenne harameiksenne
abessive haramittanne harameittanne
instructive — —
comitative — harameinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative haraminsa haraminsa
accusative nom. haraminsa haraminsa
gen. haraminsa
genitive haraminsa haramiensa
partitive haramiaan
haramiansa 		haramejaan
haramejansa
inessive haramissaan
haramissansa 		harameissaan
harameissansa
elative haramistaan
haramistansa 		harameistaan
harameistansa
illative haramiinsa harameihinsa
adessive haramillaan
haramillansa 		harameillaan
harameillansa
ablative haramiltaan
haramiltansa 		harameiltaan
harameiltansa
allative haramilleen
haramillensa 		harameilleen
harameillensa
essive haraminaan
haraminansa 		harameinaan
harameinansa
translative haramikseen
haramiksensa 		harameikseen
harameiksensa
abessive haramittaan
haramittansa 		harameittaan
harameittansa
instructive — —
comitative — harameineen
harameinensa

See also

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

Pronunciation

Noun

hàr̃âm m (possessed form hàr̃āmùn)

  1. (Islam) any haram act; a sin or forbidden deed in Islam
    Antonym: halal

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Malay haram, from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).[1] Doublet of harem.

Pronunciation

Adjective

haram

  1. (Islam) haram: forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful.
    Antonym: halal
  2. (Islam) sacrosanct, sacred, holy
    Synonym: suci
  3. forbidden, unlawful
    Antonyms: halal, sah

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /aˈram/, (careful style) /xaˈram/

Adjective

haram (invariable)

  1. haram

Antonyms

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

Adjective

haram (Latin spelling)

  1. ill-gotten, something that is enjoyed without deserving it
    De lo haram no se ve hayre.
    From ill-gotten gains no profit comes.

Latin

Noun

haram

  1. accusative singular of hara

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

Pronunciation

Adjective

haram (Jawi spelling حرام)

  1. (Islam) haram, forbidden
    Antonym: halal
  2. (law) forbidden, illegal, prohibited
    Antonym: sah
    Akta Pencegahan Pengubahan Wang Haram, Pencegahan Pembiayaan Keganasan dan Hasil daripada Aktiviti Haram 2001 [Akta 613]
    Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001
  3. sacrosanct, sacred, holy
    Synonym: suci
    Tanah Haram ― The Holy Lands (Mecca and Medina)
  4. (colloquial, used as an intensifier) damn, bloody
  5. (colloquial, used in the negative) (not a) single, damn
    Apa dia cakap ni? Sepatah haram pun aku tak faham.
    What's he talking about? I can't even understand a damn thing.

Descendants

  • Indonesian: haram

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

Adjective

haram (invariable)

  1. (Islam) haram (forbidden by Islamic law)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حرام (haram).

Noun

haram n (plural haramuri)

  1. haram
  2. robbery

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative haram haramul haramuri haramurile
genitive-dative haram haramului haramuri haramurilor
vocative haramule haramurilor

References

  • haram in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَرَم (haram).

Pronunciation

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Noun

haram class V (plural maharam class VI)

  1. pyramid
    Synonym: piramidi

Swedish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

Adjective

haram (not comparable)

  1. (Islam) haram

Usage notes

Uninflected.

See also

References

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

Pronunciation

Adjective

haram (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜇᜋ᜔) (Islam)

  1. haram (forbidden by Islam)

See also

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حَرٰامْ (haram), from Arabic حَرَامٌ m or f (ḥarāmun).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ram

Adjective

haram

  1. (Islam, fiqh) haram (forbidden by religion)
    Antonym: helal (“halal”)

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “haram”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ “haram”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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