(a. i. harem ve harîm’in c.) : 1) mukaddes yerler, sahalar. 2) [eskiden] kadınlara mahsus dâireler, haremler. 3) karılar,eşler; kızlar; kadın hizmetçiler; kadın akrabalar; kadın ziyaretçiler.

(a. i. harem’den) : 1) hacıların Kabe’yi tavaf için Mekke hâricinde örtünmeğe mecbur oldukları dikişsiz bürgü. 2) Arapların büründükleri büyük yün çarşaf. 3) sedire veya yere serilen yün yaygı.

s., pl. of حرم and حریم 1. of حرم Sacred or private places; sacred territories. 2. of حریم Private appurtenances of houses, female apartments, women’s apartments; also, females, women, girls, female slaves, female relatives and visitors.

v. n. 1 A prohibiting (a thing or act), making (it) unlawful. 2. A putting (one’s self) into a state of religious inhibition for the purpose of performing the pilgrimage at Mekka. (Strangers do this on reaching the Mekka frontier; citizens, at home. It lasts until the pilgrimage is completed. A special dress is worn; hair and nail-cutting are prohibited, as are conjugal intercourse and slaughter of any living thing. Its termination and the return to the ordinary state of life, dress, etc. is termed احلال, q. v.).

s. Name of several handsome kinds of woollen cloth, usually with a long twisted pile on the face, used as sofa-covers, etc. (Probably first used, in some shape, as the special pilgrim garb at Mekka.).