How to say "sanctuary, sacred precinct" in Arabic
CognateMeaningsanctuary, sacred precinct
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حَرَم
ḥaramחרם
حرم
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מקום קדוש
makom kadoshمَاكُوم كَادُوش
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ح-ر-مHebrew root
ח-ר-םThe noun cousin of ḥarām — a ḥaram is a place so sacred it's off-limits to the ordinary (compare Hebrew חרם, something placed off-limits by consecration). Mecca and Medina are al-ḥaramayn, 'the two sanctuaries'; the pilgrim's plain white iḥrām garment is the same root too — you enter a state of sacred restriction to approach one.
Related Hebrew word:חרםkheremخِرِم
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In a phrase
الْحَرَم الشَّرِيف فِي الْقُدْس
al-ḥaram ash-sharīf fī al-qudsאל-חרם א-שריף פי אל-קדסthe Noble Sanctuary in Jerusalem