محرم mǒḥrim act. part. of احرم 'to enter upon a thing or state, c. that caused what was before lawful to become unlawful,' c., iv of حرم 'to be forbidden or unlawful'
A محرم mǒḥrim (act. part. of احرم 'to enter upon a thing (or state, &c.) that caused what was before lawful to become unlawful,' &c., iv of حرم 'to be forbidden or unlawful'), part. adj. Entering on the sacred month Muḥarram; engaged in the sacred pilgrimage to Mecca; performing the ceremonies enjoined on entering a sacred place.
محرم maḥram n. of place fr. حرم 'to be forbidden; to be sacred'
A محرم maḥram (n. of place fr. حرم 'to be forbidden; to be sacred'), s.m. A spouse, consort; anyone to whom the ḥaram or women's apartments are open (as a father, or a son, &c.);—a confidant, an intimate friend;—s.f. A bodice, the part of the dress in which the breasts are confined;—adj. Confidential, intimate, familiar:—maḥram-ě-rāz, s.m. A confidant, intimate friend, confidential person:—maḥram-kurtī, s.f. Bodice and jacket:—maḥram honā (-kā), To be the confidant (of); to be intimately acquainted (with).
محرم muḥarram pass. part. of حرّم 'to forbid, prohibit,' c., ii of حرم 'to be forbidden,' c.
A محرم muḥarram (pass. part. of حرّم 'to forbid, prohibit,' &c., ii of حرم 'to be forbidden,' &c.), part. adj. Forbidden, unlawful; excluded; sacred; venerable, dignified;—s.m. 'The sacred month,' the month of Muḥarram, the first month of the Muḥammadan year (held sacred on account of the death of Ḥusain, son of 'Alī, who was killed by Yazīd, near Kūfa);—mourning and lamentation:—muḥarram-kā sipāhī, s.m. A holiday soldier (so called because fighting was prohibited in that month):—muḥarram-kī paidāʼish, 'One born in the month of Muḥarram'; the knight of the rueful countenance.
