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taharrush

taharrush noun: sexual harassment of women by men in Arab cultures.

Noun

taharrush (uncountable)

  1. Sexual harassment of women by men in Arab cultures.
    • The October Fest or Taharrush? Place, Crime, Ethnicity and Gender.2018, Monish Bhatia, Scott Poynting, Waqas Tufail, Media, Crime and Racism, page 78
    • Soon, the girls were surrounded by a mob of thirty Muslim men and boys. The sexual harassment and rape then began, lasting more than two hours in a rape game known as "taharrush."2022, Orlean Koehle, Islam Rising: Christianity Waning in Europe and the USA

Origin of taharrush

Borrowed from Arabic تحرش (literally “harassment”).

Questions about taharrush

What does taharrush mean?
Taharrush means sexual harassment of women by men in Arab cultures.
What part of speech is taharrush?
Taharrush is a noun.

Words near taharrush in the dictionary

  1. Tahara West
  2. taharah
  3. taharas hamishpacha
  4. taharat hamishpacha
  5. tahari
  6. taharrush
  7. tahas
  8. tahasil
  9. tahasils
  10. Tahat
  11. Tahbaz

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