haram

• haraam

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

• IPA^(key): /həˈɹɑːm/
• Rhymes: -ɑːm

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.

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.

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From Arabic حَرَام‎ (ḥarām).

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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

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”)

• “haram” in Obastan.com.

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

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈɾam/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈɾam/

haram (indeclinable)

1. haram

   Antonym: halal

• “haram” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام‎ (ḥarām).

• IPA^(key): /ɦaːˈraːm/

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• Hyphenation: ha‧ram

haram (not comparable)

1. (Islam) forbidden, not allowed

   Antonym: halal

haram (comparative haramer, superlative haramst)

1. (Islam) in a way that is forbidden

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام‎ (ḥarām).

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

haram

1. (Islam) haram

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام‎ (ḥarām).

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

hàr̃âm m (possessed form hàr̃āmùn)

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

   Antonym: halal

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈharam]
• Rhymes: -ram, -am, -m
• Hyphenation: ha‧ram

haram

1. (Islam) haram: forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful.

   Antonym: halal

2. (Islam) sacrosanct, sacred, holy

   Synonym: suci

3. forbidden, unlawful

   Antonyms: halal, sah

• “haram” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام‎ (ḥarām).

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.

haram

1. accusative singular of hara

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام‎ (ḥarām).

haram (Jawi spelling حرام‎)

1. (Islam) haram, forbidden

   Antonym: halal

2. (law) forbidden, illegal, prohibited

   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 [Act 613]

   Antonym: sah

3. sacrosanct, sacred, holy

   Tanah Haram ― The Holy Lands (Mecca and Medina)

   Synonym: suci

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.

• Indonesian: haram

• “haram” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام‎ (ḥarām).

haram (invariable)

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

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حرام‎ (haram).

haram n (plural haramuri)

1. haram
2. robbery

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

Borrowed from Arabic هَرَم‎ (haram).

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haram (ma class, plural maharam)

1. pyramid

   Synonym: piramidi