ハレム
Japanese
Alternative forms
- ハーレム (hāremu)
Etymology
Borrowed from Turkish harem.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) From Arabic حَرِيم (ḥarīm), variant of حَرَم (ḥaram, “forbidden”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
- a harem
- a group of women in a polygamous household
- an inner chamber in a Muslim royal palace
- (zoology) a group of female animals mating with a single male
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN