Arabic root

ح-ر-م

3 words from this root family

A1noun

مُحَرَّم

muḥarram

Example

مُحَرَّمٌ هُوَ أَوَّلُ شَهْرٍ فِي التَّقْوِيمِ الْهِجْرِيِّ

muḥarramun huwa awwalu shahrin fī at-taqwīmi al-hijrīyi

Muharram is the first month of the Hijri calendar

Grammar

From the root meaning 'sacred/forbidden'; one of the four sacred months in Islam

B1noun

إِحْرَامٌ

iḥrām

Example

يَجِبُ الدُّخُولُ فِي الْإِحْرَامِ قَبْلَ الْوُصُولِ إِلَى الْمِيقَاتِ.

yajibu ad-dukhūlu fī al-iḥrāmi qabla al-wuṣūli ilā al-mīqāt.

One must enter the state of Ihram before reaching the Miqat.

A1adjective

حَرَامٌ

ḥarām

Example

قُلْ تَعَالَوْا أَتْلُ مَا حَرَّمَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ

qul taʿālaw atlu mā ḥarrama rabbukum ʿalaykum

Say: Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited to you (6:151)

Grammar

Adjective with dual meaning: 'forbidden' and 'sacred/inviolable.' Verb: حَرَّمَ (to forbid). Related: الْمَسْجِدُ الْحَرَامُ (the Sacred Mosque).

Culture

The Masjid al-Ḥarām in Makkah uses the 'sacred/inviolable' meaning. Also used for the sacred months (الأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُم).