Ḥ-R-M

Ḥ-R-M (Modern ; ) is the triconsonantal root of many Semitic words, and many of those words are used as names. The basic meanings expressed by the root can be translated as "forbid,", "exclude," "deny," "prohibit," "set apart," "sanctify," "inviolable," "to declare sacred or unlawful."

Arabic

Names

• Masjid al-Haram (); "The Sacred Mosque" – the mosque surrounding the Kaaba in Mecca
• Al-Bayṫ al-Ḥarām (, "The Sacred House"); the Kaaba
• Muḥarram (, "The Sanctified [Month]"); the first month of the Islamic calendar
• Al-Ḥaram ash-Sharîf (, "The Noble Sanctuary"); the Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Concepts

• Maḥram (, "forbidden", "unmarriageable (kinsman)", also "no need to cover" (see also types of hijab), or an unforbidden person within the family)
• Iḥrâm (); Hajj cloth, and the state of ritual consecration
• Harem (, "forbidden precinct"); private area of a house, in contrast to the areas meant for receiving guests; a place set apart for the household's women, and off-limits to non-Mahram men.
• Ḥarām (); ritually impure, or a forbidden thing
• Ḥaram (); sanctuary

Hebrew and Aramaic concepts

• Ḥerem or Cherem (, pl. Ḥāremōṫ () or Ḥarāmôṫ ()); a term with several applications
• Haḥrāmah (); Confiscation (civil law)

See also

• Holiest sites in Islam
• List of characters and names mentioned in the Quran
• Middle East

References