Social Rituals
محرم
/ mahram /
noun · intimate confidant
Meaning
معنی۱
The category comes from the Quran (Surah An-Nur 24:31), which lists the relatives a woman may show her hair and adornments to. Islamic jurists expanded the list using the principle that anyone permanently forbidden in marriage falls into the same modesty category.
In a sentence
مثالاون محرمه
un mahram-e
He/she is mahram
The company it keeps
همنشینهاYou rarely meet a word alone — here it is, at work beside others.
نامحرم
nâmahram
non-mahram, marriageable / outside-family
حجاب
hejâb
Islamic modest dress, headcovering
خانواده
khânevâde
family
محرمانه
mahramâne
private, confidential
In its constellation
در پیوندNo word stands alone. Follow a thread to the words it lives beside — hover to read one, click to open it.
محرمmahram
keeps company with ۶ words