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- US Pronunciation
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- [hair-uh m, har-]
- /ˈhɛər əm, ˈhær-/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [hair-uh m, har-]
- /ˈhɛər əm, ˈhær-/
Definitions of haram word
- noun haram the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women. 1
- noun haram the women in a Muslim household, including the mother, sisters, wives, concubines, daughters, entertainers, and servants. 1
- noun haram Animal Behavior. a social group of females, as elephant seals, accompanied or followed by one fertile male who denies other males access to the group. 1
- noun haram Facetious: Sometimes Offensive. a group of women associated in any way with one man or household: I really resent it when our boss refers to us as his harem, though he's trying to be funny. 1
- noun haram Forbidden or proscribed by Islamic law. 1
- noun haram anything that is forbidden by Islamic law 0
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Origin of haram
First appearance:
before 1625 One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1625-35, harem is from the Arabic word harīm harem, literally, forbidden
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Haram
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
haram popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
haram usage trend in Literature
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