harem

See also hárem, harém, and Harem

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Turkish harem, from Arabic حرم (ḥaram) ‘something prohibited; sanctuary, women’; and later also from حريم (ḥarīm) with same meaning, both from حرم (ḥaruma) ‘be forbidden or unlawful’. (Eng. usg. 1623)

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Noun

harem (plural harems)

1. The private part of an Arab household. In traditional Arab culture, this part of the household was forbidden to male strangers.
2. A group of women, wives and/or concubines in a polygamous household.
3. A group of female animals (cows) herded and controlled by a male animal (bull) of that species for breeding purposes. Such behaviour is exhibited by bovids including cattle and buffalo as well as moose, elephants, seals, sea lions, sea elephants.

Translations

the private part of an Arab household

Arabic: حَريم (ar) (Hariim) m. Catalan: harem (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 後宮 (zh), 后宫 (zh) (hòugōng) Czech: harém (cs) m. Finnish: haaremi (fi) French: harem (fr) m.

German: Harem (de) m. Japanese: ハーレム (ja) (hāremu) Korean: 하렘 (ko) (harem), 후궁 (ko) (hugung) Persian: حریم (fa) (harim) Polish: harem (pl) m. Russian: гарем (ru) (garém) m.

group of women in a polygamous household

Arabic: حَريم (ar) (Hariim) m. Catalan: harem (ca) m. Czech: harém (cs) m. Finnish: haaremi (fi)

French: harem (fr) m. German: Harem (de) m. Russian: гарем (ru) (garém) m.

group of female animals (cows) herded and controlled by a male

Finnish: haaremi (fi)

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Bulgarian: харем (bg) m. Danish: harem (da) Dutch: harem m., vrouwenverblijf Esperanto: haremo (eo) Estonian: haarem (et) Greek: χαρέμι (el) (karémi) n. Hebrew: הרמון (he) Hindi: महल-सरा (mahal-sarā) f., हरम-सरा (haram-sarā) f. Hungarian: hárem (hu)

Italian: harem (it) Macedonian: харем (mk) (hárem) m. Persian: حریم Portuguese: harém (pt) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: харем (sr) m., харемлук (sr) m. Roman: harem (sr) m., haremluk (sr) m. Spanish: harén (es) m. Swedish: harem (sv) n. Turkish: harem (tr), haremlik (tr) Urdu: محل سرا (mahal-sarā) f., حرم سرا (haram-sarā) f.

See also

concubine polygamy polygyny

seraglio zenana

Anagrams

• herma

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Italian

Etymology

Turkish

Noun

harem m. inv.

1. harem

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Polish

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Etymology

From Turkish harem, from Arabic حرم (ḥaram)

Noun

harem m.

1. harem

Declension

    declension of harem

	singular	plural
nominative	harem	haremy
genitive	haremu	haremów
dative	haremowi	haremom
accusative	harem	haremy
instrumental	haremem	haremami
locative	haremie	haremach
vocative	haremie	haremy

Derived terms

• haremowy

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حرم (harem), from Arabic حرم (ḥaram).

Noun

hárem m. (Cyrillic spelling ха́рем)

1. harem

Declension

    declension of harem

	singular	plural
nominative	harem	haremi
genitive	harema	harema
dative	haremu	haremima
accusative	harem	hareme
vocative	hareme	haremi
locative	haremu	haremima
instrumental	haremom	haremima

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic حرم (ḥaram).

Noun

harem

1. harem