हराम harām

हराम harām [A. ḥarām], adj. & m. 1. adj. forbidden (by Islamic law). 2. unlawfully begotten. 3. m. an unlawful or immoral act, wrong-doing. 4. adultery. 5. a wrong-doer. — ~ करना, to regard or to determine as unlawful; to do what is unlawful; to make (sthg. good or worthy, का) difficult or impossible, to put an end to. ~ का, adj. unlawful (as a pregnancy); ill-gotten (as wealth); illegitimate (a child); obtained without due effort (as food). खाना ~ होना, fig. not to want to touch (one's) food. हराम-ख़ोर [P. -ḵẖor], m. one who lives on money wrongfully earned or obtained; a good-for-nothing. ˚ई, f. living on wrongful earnings; dishonesty; baseness. हरामज़ादगी [P. -zādagī], f. illegitimacy (of birth); wickedness, villainy. हरामज़ादगी करना (की), to ill-treat; to abuse. ˚ज़ादा [P. -zādā], adj. & m. (f. ˚ई). illegitimate (a child); a bastard; fig. a scoundrel.

A حرام ḥarām (inf. n. of حرم 'to be prohibited,' &c.), adj. Forbidden, prohibited, unlawful, wrong; excluded; sacred, inviolable; — illegitimate, spurious ( = ḥarām-zāda); — disingenuous, dishonest; — s.m. An unlawful act, wrong-doing, iniquity; fornication, adultery; — a wrong-doer; fornicator, &c. ( = ḥarām-kār and ḥarām-kārī): — ḥarām-ḵẖẉār, ḥarām-ḵẖor, s.m. One who lives on the wages of iniquity, a venal or corrupt person (as one who takes bribes or other unlawful gains), a dishonest fellow, an idle, worthless fellow: — ḥarām-ḵẖorī, s.f. The wages of iniquity, unlawful gains (e.g. peculation, malversation, &c.), dishonesty; the bread of idleness.