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🏰 Women's quarters 🧑 A Korean name
harim

harim

9.9
A private part of a Muslim home where women live and men do not enter
  • noun
  • /hɑːˈriːm/
translation icon : harén
  • The grandmother shared stories about her life in the harim, where she and her female relatives could gather without the presence of men.

Examples

  • It's important to respect the privacy of the harim, as it is a sacred space for the women of the household.

  • In traditional Muslim culture, the social dynamics within the harim have significant implications for family life.

  • The power and influence of the harim reached their heights at such times, and Hatem's theoretical analysis would suggest that homosexual alliances would become more pronounced in a responsive defense to such ascendancy as a challenge to male power.

    Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

harem
vsharim
32 8.2

The part of a Muslim home where wives and other women live apart from men

is used for any women's quarters rather than only family wives or concubines
hareem
vsharim
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A private part of a Muslim household where women live apart from men

is the same meaning but an alternate spelling or older form
zenana
vsharim
  • Archaic
9.9

A private part of a house kept for women to live and meet

is more general across Muslim households not limited to South Asia

Surface Forms

harim singular
harims plural

Etymology

Harim comes from Arabic and is related to haram, which means 'forbidden' or 'private', so it originally named the part of a home kept private and reserved for women.