different between haram vs haras

English

Alternative forms

• haraam

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (?ar?m). Doublet of herem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??m

Noun

haram (plural harams)

1. (Islam) A sin.
   • 2003, M. S?dd?k Gümü?, Advice For The Muslim, page 258:

     In case of necessity it is permissible to change one's madhhab or to do a few things according to another madhhab. It is haram to cheat in order to omit a fard or commit a haram.

   • 2012, Manal Hamzeh, Pedagogies of Deveiling: Muslim Girls and the Hijab Discourse, page 82:

     In Arabic, haram is the noun derived from the verb hrm, the opposite of what it allowed.

Adjective

haram (not comparable)

1. (Islam, fiqh) Forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful.
   • 2005, Dalia Alkury, quoted anonymously in Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Globalization and Geopolitics in the Middle East: Old Games, New Rules, Taylor & Francis e-Library (2007), ?ISBN, page 135:

     I can’t speak about sex with my friends in Arabic. The words are too heavy and culturally loaded. It all sounds haram (sinful).

   • 2007, Andreas Jobst, The Economics of Islamic Finance and Securitization, link:

     […] collateral assets must not be debt, cash or prohibited as haram (sinful activity) and must not be associated in any way with unethical or exploitative operations or with speculation and uncertainty (gharar) […]

   • 2012, Wendell Steavenson, "Radicals Rising", The New Yorker, 30 April 2012:

     A year ago, the Party didn't even exist; some Salafi preachers had deemed democracy haram—forbidden under Islamic law.

Synonyms

• nonhalal

Antonyms

• halal

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Mahar, Marah

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (?ar?m).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a??ra?m/
• Hyphenation: ha?ram

Adjective

haram (not comparable)

1. (Islam) forbidden, not allowed

Antonyms

• halal

Related terms

• harem

Adverb

haram (comparative haramer, superlative haramst)

1. (Islam) in a way that is forbidden

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (?ar?m).

Noun

hàr?âm m (possessed form hàr??mùn)

1. (Islam) a sin or forbidden deed

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay haram, from Arabic ??????? (?ar?m).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?haram]
• Hyphenation: ha?ram

Adjective

haram

1. (Islam) haram: forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful.

   Antonym: halal

2. (Islam) sacrosanct, sacred, holy

   Synonym: suci

3. forbidden, unlawful

   Antonym: sah

Derived terms

Further reading

• “haram” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Noun

haram

1. accusative singular of hara

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (?ar?m).

Adjective

haram (Jawi spelling ?????)

1. (Islam) haram, forbidden

   Antonym: halal

2. (law) forbidden, illegal, prohibited

   Antonym: sah

3. sacrosanct, sacred, holy

   Synonym: suci

4. (colloquial, used as an intensifier) damn, bloody
5. (colloquial, used in the negative) (not a) single, damn

Descendants

• Indonesian: haram

References

• “haram” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Portuguese

Adjective

haram (invariable, comparable)

1. (Islam) haram (forbidden by Islamic law)

English

Etymology

From Middle English haras, from Old French haraz, probably from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ha??s/, /a????/

Noun

haras (plural haras)

1. (archaic) An establishment that breeds horses; a stud farm.
2. (obsolete) A herd of stud horses; a harras.

Anagrams

• Sahar, Sarah, haars

French

Etymology

From Middle French haraz, from Old French haraz, probalby from Old Norse hárr (“grey-haired”).

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.??/, /a.?a/

Noun

haras m (plural haras)

1. stud farm (establishment for selectively breeding livestock)

Further reading

• “haras” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Noun

har?s

1. accusative plural of hara

Middle English

Alternative forms

• harace, hares, haresse, harras, harres, harresse

Etymology

From Old French haraz, itself possibly from Old Norse.

Noun

haras

1. stud farm (establishment for breeding horses)
2. herd of stud horses

Descendants

• English: haras, harras
• Scots: haryage

References

• “haras, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle French

Noun

haras m (plural haras)

1. Alternative form of haraz

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

haras

1. snake

Portuguese

Noun

haras m (plural haras)

1. stud; haras (ranch where horses are kept for breeding)

   Synonym: caudelaria

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

haras

1. snake