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noun
- 1. (in former times) the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants: "we were invited into the harem in the rear of the house"
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In a Muslim household, a harem is a part of a house set apart for women and from which nonfamily males are excluded. Harems existed in the pre-Islamic civilizations of the Middle East and in the courts of pre-Islamic Assyria, Persia, and Egypt.
noun [ C ] us / ˈhær·əm, ˈheər- /. Add to word list. esp. in the past, the women in a Muslim home, including the wives and other family members, servants, and female partners of a man, or the part of a house in which these women live.
Harem (Arabic: حَرِيمٌ, romanized: ḥarīm, lit. 'a sacred inviolable place; female members of the family') [1] [2] refers to domestic spaces that are reserved for the women of the house in a Muslim family.
noun. the part of an Oriental house reserved strictly for wives, concubines, etc. a Muslim's wives and concubines collectively. a group of female animals of the same species that are the mates of a single male.
A harem is the part of the house in traditional Muslim society reserved for women — either wives, servants, or concubines. Technically a harem is just a living space for women in a society that tends to separate men and women, but when we use harem, we’re often using it in the sense of a room full of women that serve someone powerful, often ...
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.
Definition of harem noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. the part of an Oriental house reserved strictly for wives, concubines, etc. a Muslim's wives and concubines collectively. a group of female animals of the same species that are the mates of a single male.
1. the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women. 2. the women in a Muslim household, including the mother, sisters, wives, concubines, daughters, entertainers, and servants. 3.Animal Behavior.
From Turkish harem, from Arabic حرم (ḥaram, “something prohibited; sanctuary, women”); and later also from حريم (ḥarīm) with same meaning, both from حرم (ḥaruma, “be forbidden or unlawful”).
