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Haram

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /həˈɹɑːm/
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  • rhymes with -ɑːm
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nonhalal

Antonyms: halal

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of haram.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A sin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām). Doublet of harem and herem.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: haraam — forbidden by Islam
  • Albanian: haram — forbidden by Islam
  • Arabic: حَرَام (ḥarām) — forbidden by Islam
  • Azerbaijani: həram — forbidden by Islam
  • Bashkir: харам (xaram) — forbidden by Islam
  • Bengali: হারাম (haram) — forbidden by Islam
  • Cebuano: haram — forbidden by Islam
  • Chechen: хьарам (ḥraram) — forbidden by Islam
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哈拉姆 (hālāmǔ) — forbidden by Islam
  • Dutch: haram — forbidden by Islam
  • Finnish: haraam — forbidden by Islam
  • French: haram — forbidden by Islam
  • Pontic Greek: χαράμ (charám) — forbidden by Islam
  • Hebrew: חַרַאם (charám) — forbidden by Islam
  • Hindi: हराम (harām) — forbidden by Islam
  • Indonesian: haram — forbidden by Islam
  • Interlingua: haram — forbidden by Islam
  • Italian: haram — forbidden by Islam
  • Japanese: ハラーム (harāmu) — forbidden by Islam
  • Kazakh: арам (aram) — forbidden by Islam
  • Khmer: ហារ៉ាម (haaraam) — forbidden by Islam
  • Korean: 하람 (haram) — forbidden by Islam
  • Kumyk: гьарам (haram) — forbidden by Islam
  • Central Kurdish: حەرام (ḧeram) — forbidden by Islam
  • Kyrgyz: арам (aram) — forbidden by Islam
  • Malay: haram — forbidden by Islam
  • Malayalam: ഹറാം (haṟāṁ) — forbidden by Islam
  • Marathi: हराम (harām) — forbidden by Islam
  • Persian: حرام (harâm) — forbidden by Islam
  • Polish: haram — forbidden by Islam
  • Portuguese: haram — forbidden by Islam
  • Punjabi: ਹਰਾਮ (harām) — forbidden by Islam
  • Rohingya: háram — forbidden by Islam
  • Russian: хара́мный (xarámnyj) — forbidden by Islam
  • Swahili: haramu — forbidden by Islam
  • Swedish: haram — forbidden by Islam
  • Tajik: ҳаром (harom) — forbidden by Islam
  • Tatar: харам (xaram) — forbidden by Islam
  • Thai: ฮะรอม — forbidden by Islam
  • Turkish: haram — forbidden by Islam
  • Turkmen: haraam — forbidden by Islam
  • Urdu: حرام (harām) — forbidden by Islam
  • Uyghur: ھارام (haram) — forbidden by Islam
  • Uzbek: harom — forbidden by Islam
  • Yiddish: כאַראַם (kharam) — forbidden by Islam