# حرام
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

From the root ح ر م (ḥ r m), related to Hebrew חֵרֶם (ḥērem, “taboo, consecration”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħa.raːm/

#### Adjective

حَرَام • (ḥarām) (feminine حَرَام (ḥarām), common plural حُرُم (ḥurum))
* forbidden, interdicted, unlawful, illegitimate
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 10:59:قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُم مَّاۤ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّٰهُ لَكُم مِّن رِّزۡقࣲ فَجَعَلۡتُم مِّنۡهُ حَرَامࣰا وَحَلَـٰلࣰا قُلۡ ءَاۤللَّهُ أَذِنَ لَكُمۡ ۖ أَمۡ عَلَى ٱللَّٰهِ تَفۡتَرُونَqul ʔa-raʔaytum mā ʔanzala l-lahu lakum min rizqin fa-jaʕaltum minhu ḥarāman wa-ḥalālan qul ʔāllāhu ʔaḏina lakum ʔam ʕalā llāhi taftarūna(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* ill-gotten; stolen
* inviolable, sacred, sacrosanct, taboo
    اَلْأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ ― al-ʔašhuru l-ḥurumu ― The sacred months.
* cursed, accursed, anathema

##### Antonyms

* حَلَال (ḥalāl)

##### Descendants

* Maltese: ħram
* South Levantine Arabic: حرام
* → Afar: caráamu
* → Azerbaijani: haram
* → Catalan: haram
* → Classical Persian: حَرَام (harām)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: हराम (harām)
    Urdu: حَرَام (harām)
*** → Ushojo: حرام
* → Dutch: haram
* → English: haram
* → Finnish: haram
* → Hausa: haram
* → Malay: haram
    → Indonesian: haram
* → Portuguese: haram
* → Ottoman Turkish: حرام
    → Ladino: haram
    → Romanian: haram
    > Turkish: haram (inherited)
* → Swedish: haram
* → Tagalog: haram
* → Uyghur: ھارام (haram)

#### Noun

حَرَام • (ḥarām) m
* verbal noun of حَرِمَ (ḥarima) (form I)
* verbal noun of حَرُمَ (ḥaruma) (form I)
    اِبْنُ حَرَامٍ ― ibnu ḥarāmin ― illegitimate son/child (bastard)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

A modern coinage, having its name because of the resemblance to the إِحْرام (ʔiḥrām) of Mecca pilgrims.

#### Noun

حِرَام • (ḥirām) m (plural حِرَامَات (ḥirāmāt) or أَحْرِمَة (ʔaḥrima))
* woolen blanket, cloak (worn as a garment)

##### Declension
### References

* Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “حرام”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 250
* Worrell, William Hoyt (1935) “More about Arabic Terms for ”Rug””, in Ars Islamica, volume 2, number 1, →DOI, page 68

## Persian
### Alternative forms

* (Tehrani) حروم (harum)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ha.ˈɾɑːm]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [hä.ɾɑ́ːm]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [hä.ɾɑ́ːm]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔä.ɾɑ́ːm]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔä.ɾɔ́ːm]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [hæ.ɹɒ́ːm]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [hæ.ɹɒ́ːm]
** (Tehrani) IPA: [hæ.ɹúːm]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [hä.ɾɔ́m]

### Adjective

حرام • (harâm)
* (Islam) haram
* forbidden
* illegitimate
* poor thing (as a compassionate expression)
    Synonym: بی‌چاره

#### Antonyms

* حلال (halâl)

#### Derived terms

* حرام‌زاده (harâm-zâde)
* حرام‌زادگی (harâm-zâdegi)

#### Descendants

* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: हराम (harām)
    Urdu: حَرَام (harām)
** → Ushojo: حرام

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħa.raːm/, [ħaˈrˤɑːm]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Adjective

حرام • (ḥarām) (feminine حرام (ḥarām))
* forbidden, unlawful
    Synonym: ممنوع (mamnūʕ)
* sacred, holy
    Synonym: مقدس (muqaddas)
* (Islam) haram

##### Antonyms

* حلال (ḥalāl)

#### Noun

حرام • (ḥarām) m
* taboo, shame

#### See also

* حرّم (ḥarram, “to prohibit”)

### Etymology 2

From Arabic إِحْرَام (ʔiḥrām).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħraːm/, [ħrˤɑːm]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Noun

حرام • (ḥrām) m (plural حرامات (ḥrāmāt))
* blanket
    Synonym: بطانية (baṭṭāniyye)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حَرَام (harām), from Arabic حرام (ḥarām)

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɦə.ɾɑːm/
* Audio (Pakistan):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːm

### Adjective

حرام • (harām) (Hindi spelling हराम)
* forbidden
* unlawful
* (Islam) haram

## Ushojo
### Etymology

From Urdu حرام (harām).

### Adjective

حرام (harām)
* forbidden
* unlawful
* (Islam) haram