Arabic vocabulary
حِرْمَانٌdeprivation in Arabic
حِرْمَانٌ is how you say “deprivation” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root ح ر م (ḥ-r-m)noun (verbal noun / maṣdar, form I)Pronounced ḥirmān
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'
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
- حِرْمَةٌdeprivation, denial (Lane notes it is the same as ḥirmān)
- حَرَامٌforbidden, unlawful
- حَرَمٌsacred territory, e.g. Mekkeh or Medina
- حَرِيمٌsacred, inviolable; something protected from violation
- حُرْمَةٌsanctity, inviolability; also the state of being forbidden
- حرّمهُhe forbade it, prohibited it, made it unlawful (form II)
- احرامhe 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.'
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
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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