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har·em
(hâr′əm, hăr′-)n.
1. A house or a section of a house reserved for women members of a Muslim household.
2. The wives, concubines, female relatives, and servants occupying such a place.
3. A group of women who are sexual partners of the same man.
4. A group of female animals that breed exclusively with a single dominant male.
[Turkish, partly from Arabic ḥaram, forbidden, sacrosanct, and partly from Arabic ḥarīm, forbidden place, both from ḥarama, to prohibit; see x̣rm in Semitic roots.]
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harem
(ˈhɛərəm; hɑːˈriːm) orhareem
n
1. (Sociology) the part of an Oriental house reserved strictly for wives, concubines, etc
2. (Sociology) a Muslim's wives and concubines collectively
3. (Zoology) a group of female animals of the same species that are the mates of a single male
[C17: from Arabic harīm forbidden (place)]
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har•em
(ˈhɛər əm, ˈhær-)n.
1. the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
2. the women in a Muslim household, including the mothers, sisters, wives, concubines, daughters, entertainers, and servants.
3. a social group of female animals, as elephant seals, accompanied by a reproductive male who denies other males access to the group.
[1625–35; < Arabic ḥarīm harem, literally, forbidden]
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Harem
a family of wives or concubines, female relatives, and servants, 1781; the occupants of a harem collectively.Examples: harem of dear friendships, 1855; a literary harem [‘library’], 1872.
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| Noun | 1. |  harem - living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim householdliving quarters, quarters - housing available for people to live in; "he found quarters for his family"; "I visited his bachelor quarters" |
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harem
noun women's quarters, seraglio, zenana (in eastern countries), gynaeceum (in ancient Greece) like a sheikh in the midst of his harem
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Translations
النساءحَريم
harém
haremharemskvinder
hárem
kvennabúr
haremas
harēms
hárem
haremharemlukхаремхаремлук
haremharemde bulunan kadınlarharemlik
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harem
[ˌhɑːˈriːm ˈhɛərəm] n → harem mharicot bean [ˈhærɪkəʊˈbiːn] (British) n → haricot m blanchark back to
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harem
n → Harem m
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harem
(ˈhaːrim) , (haːˈriːm) , ((American) ˈha:rəm) noun1. the part of a Muslim house occupied by the women.
2. the women themselves.
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