[hɑːˈriːm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in former times) the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants
(e.g: we were invited into the harem in the rear of the house)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: from Arabic ḥaram, ḥarīm, literally ‘prohibited, prohibited place’ (hence ‘sanctuary, women's quarters, women’), from ḥarama ‘be prohibited’. Compare with haram