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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.
It comes from the Arabic: ḥarīm, which can mean "a sacred inviolable place", "harem" or "female members of the family". In English the term harem can mean also "the wives (or concubines) of a polygamous man."
harem | American Dictionary. 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.
noun. the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women. the women in a Muslim household, including the mother, sisters, wives, concubines, daughters, entertainers, and servants.
A harem is the part of the house in traditional Muslim society reserved for women — either wives, servants, or concubines.
Definition of harem noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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”).
noun. the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women. the women in a Muslim household, including the mother, sisters, wives, concubines, daughters, entertainers, and servants.
harem meaning, definition, what is harem: the group of wives or women who lived wi...: Learn more.
noun. 1. a. ( formerly) the part of a Muslim house reserved strictly for wives, concubines, etc. b. the women occupying this part of the house. 2. a group of female animals of the same species that are the mates of a single male. Collins English Dictionary.
