Ḥ-R-M
Ḥ-R-M is the triconsonantal root of many Semitic words, and many of those words are used as names. The basic meaning expressed by the root translates as "forbidden".
Arabic
Names
- Masjid al-Haram ; "The Sacred Mosque" – the mosque surrounding the Kaaba in Mecca
- Al-Bayṫ al-Ḥarām ; the Kaaba
- Muḥarram ; the first month of the Islamic calendar
- Al-Ḥaram ash-Sharîf ; the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
Concepts
- Maḥram ", also "no need to cover"
- Iḥrâm ; Hajj cloth, and the state of ritual consecration
- Ḥarīm ; women's area in a house, forbidden for non-Mahram men
- Ḥarām ; ritually impure, or a forbidden thing
- Ḥaram ; sanctuary
Hebrew and Aramaic concepts
- Ḥerem or Cherem or Ḥarāmôṫ ); a term with several applications
- Haḥrāmah ; Confiscation