"haram" meaning in English

See haram in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /həˈɹɑːm/
Rhymes: -ɑːm Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām). Doublet of herem. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ar|حَرَام}} Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām), {{doublet|en|herem}} Doublet of herem, {{root|en|ar|ح ر م}} Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} haram (not comparable)
  1. (Islam, fiqh) Forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Islam Synonyms: nonhalal Derived forms: Boko Haram, harami, haramization, haramize, haramness, haram police, harem, nonharam Related terms: assur Translations (forbidden by Islam): haraam (Afrikaans), haram (Albanian), حَرَام (ḥarām) (Arabic), həram (Azerbaijani), харам (xaram) (Bashkir), হারাম (haram) (Bengali), haram (Cebuano), حەرام (ḧeram) (Central Kurdish), хьарам (ḥʳaram) (Chechen), 哈拉姆 (hālāmǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), haram (Dutch), haraam (Finnish), חַרַאם (haram) (Hebrew), हराम (harām) (Hindi), haram (Indonesian), haram (Interlingua), haram [feminine, masculine] (Italian), ハラーム (harāmu) (Japanese), арам (aram) (Kazakh), ហារ៉ាម (haaraam) (Khmer), 하람 (haram) (Korean), гьарам (haram) (Kumyk), арам (aram) (Kyrgyz), haram (Malay), ഹറാം (haṟāṁ) (Malayalam), हराम (harām) (Marathi), حرام (harâm) (Persian), χαράμ (charám) (Pontic Greek), haram (Portuguese), ਹਰਾਮ (harām) (Punjabi), háram (Rohingya), хара́мный (xarámnyj) (Russian), haramu (Swahili), haram (Swedish), ҳаром (harom) (Tajik), харам (xaram) (Tatar), haram (Turkish), haraam (Turkmen), حرام (harām) (Urdu), ھارام (haram) (Uyghur), harom (Uzbek), כאַראַם (kharam) (Yiddish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: haraam

Noun

IPA: /həˈɹɑːm/ Forms: harams [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːm Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām). Doublet of herem. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ar|حَرَام}} Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām), {{doublet|en|herem}} Doublet of herem, {{root|en|ar|ح ر م}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} haram (plural harams)
  1. (Islam) A sin. Categories (topical): Islam
    Sense id: en-haram-en-noun-xeTRI3Ud Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: haraam

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "Boko Haram"
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          "word": "harami"
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          "word": "haramization"
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          "ref": "2005, Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Globalization and Geopolitics in the Middle East: Old Games, New Rules, Taylor & Francis e-Library, →ISBN, page 135:",
          "text": "I can’t speak about sex with my friends in Arabic. The words are too heavy and culturally loaded. It all sounds haram (sinful).",
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          "text": "[…] 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) […]",
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      "word": "Boko Haram"
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      "word": "חַרַאם"
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      "sense": "forbidden by Islam",
      "word": "ハラーム"
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      "roman": "haaraam",
      "sense": "forbidden by Islam",
      "word": "ហារ៉ាម"
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      "lang": "Korean",
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      "sense": "forbidden by Islam",
      "word": "하람"
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      "word": "حەرام"
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      "word": "حرام"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for haram meaning in English (11.6kB)

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