How do you say "deprivation" in Arabic?

حِرْمَانٌ (ḥirmān).

What's the difference between ḥirmān and ḥarām?

ḥirmān (حِرْمَانٌ) is the noun for depriving or denying someone something, from the verb ḥarama/ḥarima. ḥarām (حَرَامٌ) 'forbidden' instead comes from the separate verb ḥaruma, 'to be unlawful.'

حِرْمَانٌ deprivation in Arabic

Q: How do you say "deprivation" in Arabic?

حِرْمَانٌ (ḥirmān).

حِرْمَانٌ is how you say “deprivation” in Arabic.

Root ح ر م ḥ-r-m. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar, form I). ḥirmān.

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Meaning of deprivation in Arabic

deprivation; the denying or refusing of something to someone verbal noun of حَرَمَهُ / حَرِمَهُ الشىء, 'he denied him, or refused him, the thing'
misfortune; being deprived of prosperity or good luck Lane gives this extended sense via the near-synonym حِرْمَةٌ, glossed as 'the rendering unprosperous, or unfortunate'

Example sentence

ومحق الْبركَة فِي الرزق والعمر وحرمان الْعلم

And the removal of blessings in sustenance and lifespan, and deprivation of knowledge.

وَحِرْمَانُ and deprivation

wa- = 'and'; hirman means 'being deprived', heading the next 'of…' word.

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How it is used

ḥirmān is a verbal noun of the transitive verb ḥarama/ḥarima ('he denied him, or refused him, the thing'), not of ḥaruma ('to be forbidden'), so it is a family member distinct from ḥarām and ḥaram even though all three share the root ح ر م. Lane pairs it closely with ḥirmah, which can extend from simple 'denial' to a more fatalistic sense of being denied good fortune.

Words from the same root

حِرْمَةٌ deprivation, denial (Lane notes it is the same as ḥirmān)
حَرَامٌ forbidden, unlawful
حَرَمٌ sacred territory, e.g. Mekkeh or Medina
حَرِيمٌ sacred, inviolable; something protected from violation
حُرْمَةٌ sanctity, inviolability; also the state of being forbidden
حرّمهُ he forbade it, prohibited it, made it unlawful (form II)
احرام he entered the sacred pilgrim state, e.g. for ḥajj (form IV)

Common questions

How do you say "deprivation" in Arabic?: حِرْمَانٌ (ḥirmān).
What's the difference between ḥirmān and ḥarām?: ḥirmān (حِرْمَانٌ) is the noun for depriving or denying someone something, from the verb ḥarama/ḥarima. ḥarām (حَرَامٌ) 'forbidden' instead comes from the separate verb ḥaruma, 'to be unlawful.'

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Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).