From en.wiktionary.org:
[hárem]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [en] [tr], from [en]; and later also from [ar] with same
meaning, both from [ar]. [en]. [en]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. The private section of a Muslim household forbidden to male stranger s. [1841]
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1841 | title=The Mirza | volume=3 | author=w:James Justinian Morier | page=153
|passage="In the room next to her own, lived the HAREM of a merchant who had
just arrived from Constantinople with merchandise. It consisted of his wife,
children, and two female slaves, who being well off in their circumstances,
enjoyed the comforts and conveniences of life, and eat and drank unsparingly
every day."}}
1. A group of someone's girlfriend s, wives and/or concubine s in a polygamous household.
2. A group of female animals (cows) herded and controlled by a male animal (bull) of that species for breeding purposes. Such behaviour is exhibited by bovid s including cattle and buffalo as well as moose , elephant s, seal s (including elephant seal s), sea lion s, and baboon s. [1911]
3. * [30]
4. * 2006 Maestripieri, Dario; Mayhew, Jessica; Carlson, Cindy L.; Hoffman, Christy L.; and Radtke, Jennifer M. "One-Male Harems and Female Social Dynamics in Guinea Baboons", published in _Folia Primatol_ 2007; 78 :56–68, doi 10.1159/000095686
5. [en] A group of female birds mated to or associated with a breeding male.
6. * [1=en]
7. [en] Any significant number of women together as a group; a bevy .
8. [en] A genre of anime and manga in which a man is the love interest of three or more women.
**** Hyponyms
- [private area for wives, women thus kept] [en] [Indian contexts]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|harem ending |haremesque |haremic |haremism |haremlike |harem pants
|harem slipper |harem trousers |reverse harem }}
**** Translations
[the private part of an Arab or Muslim Indian household]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az] , [az]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bengali: [bn] , [bn] , [bn]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Coptic: [cop]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Egyptian: [jpt]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] [South Asia]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi] , [hi] , [hi] , [hi] , [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk] , [kk] , [kk]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms] , [ms]
- Norwegian:
- Pashto: [ps] , [ps]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] ; [ro] [South Asia]
- Russian: [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg] , [tg]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk] , [tk]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur] , [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug] , [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz] , [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Welsh: [cy] [South Asia]
[trans-bottom]
[group of women in a polygamous household]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] ; [fr] [South Asia]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] ; [ro] [South Asia]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Welsh: [cy] [South Asia]
[trans-bottom]
[group of female animals (cows) herded and controlled by a male]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
{{col|en |concubine |polygamy |polygyny |seraglio |zenana }}
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Catalan
*** Etymology
[ca], from [ca]. [ca]. [ca]
*** Pronunciation
- [ë] < !-- per GDLC, DNV, DCVB -->
- [ca]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en]
*** See also
- [ca]
*** Further reading
- [R:ca:IEC2]
[ca]
** Dutch
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [nl], from [nl].
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en] [private part of an Arab house, esp. the women's quarters]
2. [en] [group of female partners in a polygamous household]
3. [en] [group of female animals belonging to one male]
**** Hypernyms
- [nl]
- [nl]
**** Derived terms
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
**** Related terms
- [nl]
** French
*** Pronunciation
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** Indonesian
[lang=id]
*** Etymology
[id] From [id] (Modern [tr]), from [id]; and later also from [ar] with same
meaning, both from [ar]. [id].
*** Pronunciation
- [id]
- [id]
- [id]
*** Noun
[head=harêm]
1. [en] :
1. the private section of an Arab household, traditionally forbidden to male strangers
2. a group of someone's girlfriends, wives and/or concubines in a polygamous household
3. [id] a group of female animals (cows) herded and controlled by a male animal (bull) of that species for breeding purposes; such behaviour is exhibited by bovids including cattle and buffalo as well as moose, elephants, seals, sea lions, baboons, and elephant seals
4. [id] a group of female birds mated to or associated with a breeding male
**** Related terms
{{col|id |haram }}
*** Further reading
- [R:KBBI Daring]
** Italian
*** Etymology
[it], from [it].
*** Pronunciation
[hàrem,#!!harèm < r:DiPI>]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en]
*** References
References:
** Polish
[lang=pl]
*** Etymology
[pl], from [pl]. [pl].
*** Pronunciation
[a=Pl-harem.ogg]
*** Noun
[m-in]
1. [en] [the private part of an Arab household]
2. [pl] [en] [group of women in a polygamous household]
3. [pl] [en] [group of women gathered around one man they are interested in]
4. [en] [group of female animals (cows) herded and controlled by a male]
**** Declension
[pl-decl-noun-m-in]
**** Derived terms
[pl]
**** Related terms
[pl]
*** Further reading
- [R:pl:WSJP]
- [R:pl:PWN]
[pl]
** Romanian
*** Alternative forms
- [ro]
*** Etymology
[ro], from [ro].
*** Noun
[n]
1. [en]
**** Declension
[ro-noun-n-uri]
** Serbo-Croatian
*** Etymology
[sh], from [sh].
*** Noun
[hárem]
1. [en]
**** Declension
{{sh-decl-noun |harem|haremi |harema|harema |haremu|haremima |harem|hareme
|hareme|haremi |haremu|haremima |haremom|haremima }}
** Swedish
*** Noun
[n]
1. a [en]
**** Declension
[sv-infl-noun-n-zero]
**** See also
- [sv]
*** References
- [R:svenska.se]
** Turkish
*** Etymology
From [tr], from [tr].
*** Noun
[i]
1. harem
**** Declension
[e]