Ḥ Ḥ (Lower case, minuscule: ḥ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from H with the addition of a dot (diacritic), dot diacritic. Usage Ḥ is used to represent the voiceless pharyngeal fricative () in Heth#Arabic_.E1.B8.A5.C4.81.CA.BE, A ...

- R- M'' ( Modern ; ) is the

triconsonantal The roots of verbs and most nouns in the Semitic languages are characterized as a sequence of consonants or " radicals" (hence the term consonantal root). Such abstract consonantal roots are used in the formation of actual words by adding the vowel ...

root of many Semitic words, and many of those words are used as names. The basic meaning expressed by the root translates as "forbidden".

Arabic

Names

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Masjid al-Haram Masjid al-Haram (), also known as the Sacred Mosque or the Great Mosque of Mecca, is considered to be the most significant mosque in Islam. It encloses the vicinity of the Kaaba in Mecca, in the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia. It is among the ...

'' (); "The Sacred Mosque" – the

mosque A mosque ( ), also called a masjid ( ), is a place of worship for Muslims. The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Salah, Islamic prayers are performed; such as an outdoor courtyard. Originally, mosques were si ...

surrounding the

Kaaba The Kaaba (), also spelled Kaba, Kabah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaba al-Musharrafa (), is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and Holiest sites in Islam, holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Sa ...

Mecca Mecca, officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia; it is the Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow valley above ...

*''Al-Bayṫ al-Ḥarām'' (, "The Sacred House"); the

*'' Muḥarram'' (, "The Sanctified onth); the first month of the

Islamic calendar The Hijri calendar (), also known in English as the Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to determine the proper days of Islamic holidays and rituals, such as the Ramad ...

*''Al-Ḥaram ash-Sharîf'' (, "The Noble Sanctuary"); the

Temple Mount The Temple Mount (), also known as the Noble Sanctuary (Arabic: الحرم الشريف, 'Haram al-Sharif'), and sometimes as Jerusalem's holy esplanade, is a hill in the Old City of Jerusalem, Old City of Jerusalem that has been venerated as a ...

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

Concepts

*'' Maḥram'' (, "forbidden", "unmarriageable (kinsman)", also "no need to cover" (see also '' types of hijab''), or an unforbidden person within the family) *'' Iḥrâm'' ();

Hajj Hajj (; ; also spelled Hadj, Haj or Haji) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for capable Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetim ...

cloth, and the state of ritual consecration *'' Ḥarīm'' (, "forbidden precinct"); women's area in a house, forbidden for non-''Mahram'' men *'' Ḥarām'' (); ritually impure, or a forbidden thing *'' Ḥaram'' (); sanctuary

Hebrew and Aramaic concepts

*'' Ḥerem'' or ''Cherem'' (, pl. ''Ḥāremōṫ'' () or ''Ḥarāmôṫ'' ()); a term with several applications *''Haḥrāmah'' (); Confiscation (civil law)

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Triconsonantal roots {{Semitic-lang-stub, H

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