conc▪ A quasi-PP I, *ʻseparated, secluded, taboo’, from ḥarama ʻto deprive, withdraw, withhold, deny; to exclude, preclude, cut off’, perh. denom. from ↗ḥaram ‘forbidden, prohibited, inviolable, taboo, sacred’, hence also especially ‘female members of the family, women’.
▪ Accord. to Huehnergard2011, ḥarīm is the source of Engl harem; see below, section WEST, as well as s.v. ↗ḥaram.
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