محروم

Arabic

Root
ح ر م (ḥ r m)
17 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb حَرَمَ (ḥarama, to deprive).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maħ.ruːm/
  • Rhymes: -uːm

Adjective

مَحْرُوم • (maḥrūm) (feminine مَحْرُومَة (maḥrūma), masculine plural مَحْرُومُونَ (maḥrūmūna), feminine plural مَحْرُومَات (maḥrūmāt))

  1. passive participle of حَرَمَ (ḥarama)
    1. deprived, dispossessed, bereft

Declension

Declension of adjective مَحْرُوم (maḥrūm)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مَحْرُوم
maḥrūm
الْمَحْرُوم
al-maḥrūm
مَحْرُومَة
maḥrūma
الْمَحْرُومَة
al-maḥrūma
nominative مَحْرُومٌ
maḥrūmun
الْمَحْرُومُ
al-maḥrūmu
مَحْرُومَةٌ
maḥrūmatun
الْمَحْرُومَةُ
al-maḥrūmatu
accusative مَحْرُومًا
maḥrūman
الْمَحْرُومَ
al-maḥrūma
مَحْرُومَةً
maḥrūmatan
الْمَحْرُومَةَ
al-maḥrūmata
genitive مَحْرُومٍ
maḥrūmin
الْمَحْرُومِ
al-maḥrūmi
مَحْرُومَةٍ
maḥrūmatin
الْمَحْرُومَةِ
al-maḥrūmati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مَحْرُومَيْن
maḥrūmayn
الْمَحْرُومَيْن
al-maḥrūmayn
مَحْرُومَتَيْن
maḥrūmatayn
الْمَحْرُومَتَيْن
al-maḥrūmatayn
nominative مَحْرُومَانِ
maḥrūmāni
الْمَحْرُومَانِ
al-maḥrūmāni
مَحْرُومَتَانِ
maḥrūmatāni
الْمَحْرُومَتَانِ
al-maḥrūmatāni
accusative مَحْرُومَيْنِ
maḥrūmayni
الْمَحْرُومَيْنِ
al-maḥrūmayni
مَحْرُومَتَيْنِ
maḥrūmatayni
الْمَحْرُومَتَيْنِ
al-maḥrūmatayni
genitive مَحْرُومَيْنِ
maḥrūmayni
الْمَحْرُومَيْنِ
al-maḥrūmayni
مَحْرُومَتَيْنِ
maḥrūmatayni
الْمَحْرُومَتَيْنِ
al-maḥrūmatayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مَحْرُومِين
maḥrūmīn
الْمَحْرُومِين
al-maḥrūmīn
مَحْرُومَات
maḥrūmāt
الْمَحْرُومَات
al-maḥrūmāt
nominative مَحْرُومُونَ
maḥrūmūna
الْمَحْرُومُونَ
al-maḥrūmūna
مَحْرُومَاتٌ
maḥrūmātun
الْمَحْرُومَاتُ
al-maḥrūmātu
accusative مَحْرُومِينَ
maḥrūmīna
الْمَحْرُومِينَ
al-maḥrūmīna
مَحْرُومَاتٍ
maḥrūmātin
الْمَحْرُومَاتِ
al-maḥrūmāti
genitive مَحْرُومِينَ
maḥrūmīna
الْمَحْرُومِينَ
al-maḥrūmīna
مَحْرُومَاتٍ
maḥrūmātin
الْمَحْرُومَاتِ
al-maḥrūmāti

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: məhrum
  • Persian: محروم
  • Ottoman Turkish: محروم (mahrûm)
  • Spanish: majara
  • Turkmen: mahrum
  • Uyghur: مەھرۇم (mehrum)
  • Uzbek: mahrum

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَحْرُوم (maḥrūm)

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mahrūm
Dari reading? mahrūm
Iranian reading? mahrum
Tajik reading? mahrum

Adjective

Dari محروم
Iranian Persian
Tajik маҳрум

محروم • (mahrum) (comparative محروم‌تَر, superlative محروم‌تَرین)

  1. deprived, excluded, bereaved
  2. disappointed

References

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian محروم (mahrūm), from Arabic مَحْرُوم (maḥrūm).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məɦ.ɾuːm/, [mɛɦ.ɾuːm]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːm
  • Hyphenation: مَح‧رُوم

Adjective

مَحْرُوم • (mahrūm) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling महरूम)

  1. deprived of; excluded
  2. denied; refused
  3. unfortunate; wretched; miserable
  4. (rare) pure; innocent

Usage notes

Most commonly used in the first sense.

Further reading

  • محروم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • محروم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “محروم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.