honour killing

English

Alternative forms

• honor killing (US)

Noun

honour killing (plural honour killings)

1. (euphemistic, UK, Canada) A typically Middle Eastern and South Asian cultural practice whereby a family member, usually female, is murdered by other family members, the act being justified as retribution for a (usually sexual) slight upon the family's honour.

Usage notes

• Sometimes written in inverted commas to indicate condemnation by implicitly expressing disbelief in the honour of the act.

Related terms

• honour killer

Translations

murder as a cultural practice

• Arabic: جَرِيمَة الشَّرَفِ f (jarīma(t) aš-šarafi), قَتْل الشَّرَفِ m (qatl aš-šarafi)
• Azerbaijani: namus qətli
• Bengali: সম্মান রক্ষার্থে হত্যা (śomman rokkharthe hotta)
• Bulgarian: убийство на честта n (ubijstvo na čestta)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 名譽殺害／名誉杀害, 名誉杀害 (míngyù shāhài), 榮譽殺害／荣誉杀害, 荣誉杀害 (róngyù shāhài), 名譽殺人／名誉杀人, 名誉杀人 (míngyù shārén)

• Czech: vražda ze cti f
• Danish: æresdrab (da) n
• Dutch: eerwraak (nl) f or m, eermoord f or m
• Esperanto: honormurdo
• Finnish: kunniamurha (fi)
• French: crime d’honneur (fr) m
• Georgian: ღირსების მკვლელობა (ɣirsebis mḳvleloba)
• German: Ehrenmord (de) m
• Hebrew: רֶצַח עַל חִלּוּל כָּבוֹד הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה m (rétzakh al khilúl kavód hammishpakhá)
• Hindi: सम्मान हत्या f (sammān hatyā), सम्मान हेतु हत्या f (sammān hetu hatyā)
• Hungarian: becsületgyilkosság
• Italian: delitto d'onore m
• Japanese: 名誉の殺人 (めいよのさつじん, meiyo-no satsujin)
• Korean: 명예 살인 (myeong'ye sarin), 名譽殺人 (myeong-ye sarin)
• Latin: homicīdium honōrābile n
• Malayalam: അഭിമാനക്കൊല (abhimānakkola), ദുരഭിമാനക്കൊല (durabhimānakkola)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: æresdrap n

  Nynorsk: æresdrap n

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• Persian: قتل ناموسی (fa) (qatl-e namusi), جنایت ناموسی (jenâyat namusi)
• Polish: zabójstwo honorowe (pl) n
• Portuguese: morte de honra f, assassinato de honra m, homicídio de honra m
• Punjabi: ਅਣਖ ਖ਼ਾਤਰ ਕਤਲ (aṇakh xātar katal)
• Romanian: crimă de onoare f
• Russian: уби́йство че́сти n (ubíjstvo čésti)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: (Croatian) у̀бо̄јство збо̏г части n, (Bosnian, Serbian) убиство збо̏г части n

  Roman: (Croatian) ùbōjstvo zbȍg časti n, (Bosnian, Serbian) ubistvo zbȍg časti n

• Spanish: crimen de honor m, asesinato de honor m
• Swedish: hedersmord (sv) n
• Tamil: கெளரவக் கொலை (keḷaravak kolai)
• Telugu: పరువు హత్యలు (paruvu hatyalu)
• Turkish: namus cinayeti, töre ve namus suçları, onur suçları
• Ukrainian: уби́вство че́сті n (ubývstvo čésti), вби́вство че́сті n (vbývstvo čésti)
• Urdu: ناموسی قتل m (namusi qatl)
• Walloon: moude d' oneur (wa) m
• West Frisian: earwraak, earmoard
• Zazaki: cınayetê namusi, qetlê namusi
• Zealandic: eerwraek

See also

• honour violence