हराम

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.ɾɑːm/, [ɦɐ.ɾä̃ːm]

Adjective

हराम • (harām) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling حرام)

1. illegal, unlawful, illicit
2. (Islam) haram (forbidden by Islam)

Related terms

• हरामज़ादा (harāmzādā)
• हरामी (harāmī)
• हरामख़ोर (harāmxor)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “हराम”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हराम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हराम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• harāma (Latin script)
• 𑀳𑀭𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• হরাম (Bengali script)
• හරාම (Sinhalese script)
• ဟရာမ or ႁရႃမ (Burmese script)
• หราม or หะรามะ (Thai script)
• ᩉᩁᩣᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ຫຣາມ or ຫະຣາມະ (Lao script)
• ហរាម (Khmer script)
• 𑄦𑄢𑄂𑄟 (Chakma script)

Verb

हराम

1. Devanagari script form of harāma, which is present/imperative active first-person plural of हरति (harati)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• হৰাম (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬭᬵᬫ (Balinese script)
• হরাম (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰨𑰯𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀭𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• ဟရာမ (Burmese script)
• હરામ (Gujarati script)
• ਹਰਾਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌰𑌾𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦫꦴꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂩𑂰𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಹರಾಮ (Kannada script)
• ហរាម (Khmer script)
• ຫຣາມ (Lao script)
• ഹരാമ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘨𑘰𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᠷᠠᢗᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧈𑧑𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐬𑐵𑐩 (Newa script)
• ହରାମ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢬꢵꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆫𑆳𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖨𑖯𑖦 (Siddham script)
• හරාම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩼𑩛𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚤𑚭𑚢 (Takri script)
• ஹராம (Tamil script)
• హరామ (Telugu script)
• หราม (Thai script)
• ཧ་རཱ་མ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒩𑒰𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨫𑨊𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Verb

हराम • (hárāma)

1. first-person plural imperative active of हरति (hárati, “to take”)