haram

See also: Haram, haŕam, and hárám

English

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haram

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• haraam

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həˈɹɑːm/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːm

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.

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

• Boko Haram
• harami
• haramization
• haramize
• haramness
• haram police
• nonharam

Translations

forbidden by Islam

Afrikaans: haraam Albanian: haram (sq) Arabic: حَرَام (ḥarām) Azerbaijani: həram Bashkir: харам (xaram) Bengali: হারাম (bn) (haram) Cebuano: haram Chechen: хьарам (ḥʳaram) Chinese: Mandarin: 哈拉姆 (hālāmǔ) Dutch: haram (nl) Finnish: haraam French: haram (fr) Hebrew: חַרַאם (haram) Hindi: हराम (hi) (harām) Indonesian: haram (id) Interlingua: haram Italian: haram m or f Japanese: ハラーム (ja) (harāmu) Kazakh: арам (aram) Khmer: ហារ៉ាម (haaraam) Korean: 하람 (haram) Kumyk: гьарам (haram) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: حەرام (ḧeram) Northern Kurdish: please add this translation if you can Kyrgyz: арам (ky) (aram) Malay: haram (ms) Malayalam: ഹറാം (haṟāṁ) Marathi: हराम (harām) Pashto: please add this translation if you can Persian: حرام (fa) (harâm) Polish: haram (pl) Pontic Greek: χαράμ (charám) Portuguese: haram (pt) Punjabi: ਹਰਾਮ (harām) Rohingya: háram Russian: хара́мный (ru) (xarámnyj) Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Swahili: haramu (sw) Swedish: haram (sv) Tajik: ҳаром (harom) Tatar: харам (xaram) Thai: ฮะรอม Turkish: haram (tr) Turkmen: haraam Urdu: حرام (harām) Uyghur: ھارام (haram) Uzbek: harom (uz) Yiddish: כאַראַם (kharam)

See also

• assur
• possul, equivalent in Judaism

Anagrams

• Hamar, Marah, Mahar, Ramah, marah

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		һарам
Arabic		حرام

Alternative forms

• həram

Etymology

From Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɑˈrɑm]

• 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

• haramlıq

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”)

References

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “haram”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎ (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 2, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 330

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haˈɾam/ [haˈɾam]
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈɾam/ [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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈɾam]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈɾam]

Adjective

haram (invariable)

1. haram

   Antonym: halal

Further reading

• “haram”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦaːˈraːm/, /ɦaːˈrɑm/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ha‧ram

Adjective

haram (not comparable)

1. (Islam) forbidden, not allowed

   Antonym: halal

Declension

When pronounced /ɦaːˈraːm/

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

When pronounced /ɦaːˈrɑm/

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

Related terms

• harem

Adverb

haram (comparative haramer, superlative haramst)

1. (Islam) in a way that is forbidden

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

haram

Wikipedia ^fi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑrɑm/, [ˈhɑ̝rɑ̝m]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɑm
• Syllabification^(key): ha‧ram
• Hyphenation^(key): ha‧ram

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

• halal

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hà.râm/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [hà.râŋ]

Noun

hàr̃âm m (possessed form hàr̃āmùn)

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

   Antonym: halal