harem
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حرم (harem) Turkish harem, from Arabic حَرَم (ḥaram, “something prohibited; sanctuary, women”); and later also from حَرِيم (ḥarīm) with same meaning, both from حَرُمَ (ḥaruma, “be forbidden or unlawful”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈhɑːɹiːm/, /(ˌ)hɑːˈɹiːm/, /ˈhɛəɹəm/
- Template:audio-pron
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈhæɹəm/, /ˈhɛəɹəm/
Noun
harem (plural harems)
- The private part of an Arab household, traditionally forbidden to male strangers.[1841]
- 1841 The Mirza, Volume 3, James Justinian Morier, p. 153
- "In the room next to her own, lived the harem of a merchant who had just arrived from Constantinople with merchandise. It consisted of his wife, children, and two female slaves, who being well off in their circumstances, enjoyed the comforts and conveniences of life, and eat and drank unsparingly every day."
- 1841 The Mirza, Volume 3, James Justinian Morier, p. 153
- A group of someone's girlfriends, wives and/or concubines in a polygamous household.
- 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, baboons, and elephant seals.[2006]
- 2006 Maestripieri, Dario; Mayhew, Jessica; Carlson, Cindy L.; Hoffman, Christy L.; and Radtke, Jennifer M. "One-Male Harems and Female Social Dynamics in Guinea Baboons", published in Folia Primatol 2007; 78:56–68, doi 10.1159/000095686
- (slang) Any significant number of women together as a group; a bevy.
- (uncountable) A genre of anime and manga in which a man is the love interest of three or more women.
Translations
the private part of an Arab household
|
group of women in a polygamous household
|
group of female animals (cows) herded and controlled by a male
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
|
See also
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حرم (harem), from Arabic حَرَم (ḥaram).
Noun
harem m (uncountable)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حرم (harem) (Turkish harem), from Arabic حَرَم (ḥaram).
Pronunciation
Noun
harem m inan
Declension
Declension of harem
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حرم (harem), from Arabic حَرَم (ḥaram).
Noun
hárem m (Cyrillic spelling ха́рем)
Declension
Declension of harem
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish حرم (harem), from Arabic حَرَم (ḥaram).
Noun
harem (definite accusative haremi, plural haremler)
Declension
Inflection | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | harem | |
Definite accusative | haremi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | harem | haremler |
Definite accusative | haremi | haremleri |
Dative | hareme | haremlere |
Locative | haremde | haremlerde |
Ablative | haremden | haremlerden |
Genitive | haremin | haremlerin |
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- English terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English slang
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Collectives
- en:Japanese fiction
- Italian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Italian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Italian terms derived from Arabic
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian uncountable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Polish terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Polish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Polish terms derived from Arabic
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Arabic
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Arabic
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns