haram
/həˈɹɑːm/
haram noun: a sin.
Noun (1)
haram (plural harams)
- A sin.
- In case of necessity it is permissible to change one's madhhab or to do a few things according to another madhhab. It is haram to cheat in order to omit a fard or commit a haram.2003, M. Sıddık Gümüş, Advice For The Muslim, page 258
- In Arabic, haram is the noun derived from the verb hrm, the opposite of what it allowed.2012, Manal Hamzeh, Pedagogies of Deveiling: Muslim Girls and the Hijab Discourse, page 82
Adjective
haram (not comparable)
- Forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful.
- I can’t speak about sex with my friends in Arabic. The words are too heavy and culturally loaded. It all sounds haram (sinful).2005, Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Globalization and Geopolitics in the Middle East: Old Games, New Rules, Taylor & Francis e-Library, →ISBN, page 135
- […] 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) […]2007, Andreas Jobst, The Economics of Islamic Finance and Securitization
Noun (2) capitalized: Haram
Haram
- Alternative letter-case form of haram.
haram meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
haram in Hindi
- forbidden by Islam
- हराम harām
haram in Tamil
- ஹராம், ஹரம்
haram in Marathi
- forbidden by Islam
- हराम harām
haram in Urdu
- forbidden by Islam
- حرام harām
More languagesFewer languages
- haram in Bengali
- হারাম haram
- haram in Telugu
- హరామ్, హరమ్, హరం
- haram in Malayalam
- ഹറാം haṟāṁ
- haram in Kannada
- ಹರಾಮ್, ಹರಮ್, ಹರಂ
- haram in Punjabi
- ਹਰਾਮ harām
- haram in Gujarati
- હરામ, હરમ
- haram in Odia
- ହରାମ୍, ହରମ୍, ହରାମ
- haram in Nepali
- हराम, हरम
- haram in Arabic
- حَرَام ḥarām
- haram in Malay
- haram
- haram in Indonesian
- haram
- haram in Persian
- حرام harâm
- haram in Thai
- ฮะรอม
Synonyms of haram
Antonyms
Forms of haram
| plural | harams |
|---|---|
| alternative form | haraam |
Origin of haram
Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām). Doublet of harem and herem.
Words formed from haram
Phrases with haram
Words that rhyme with haram
Questions about haram
- What does haram mean?
- Haram means a sin.
- What is haram in Hindi?
- Haram in Hindi is हराम (harām). See Haram meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is haram?
- Haram can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce haram?
- Haram is pronounced /həˈɹɑːm/.
- What is the plural of haram?
- The plural of haram is harams.
Words near haram in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: haram (page history and authors); Haram (page history and authors); haram (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); haram (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); haram (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); haram (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); haram (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); haram (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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