(isim) harem

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harem
A group of female animals (cows) herded and controlled by a male animal (bull) of that species for breeding purposes. Such behaviour is exhibited by bovids including cattle and buffalo as well as moose, elephants, seals, sea lions, sea elephants
The private part of an Arab household. In traditional Arab culture, this part of the household was forbidden to male strangers
{n} a kind of feraglio kept in the east
a women's compound associated with the royal palace and some temples, including quarters for queens and other women of distinction
If a man, especially a Muslim, has several wives or sexual partners living in his house, they can be referred to as his harem. Arabic arm In Muslim society, that part of a house set apart for the women of the family or the part from which males not of the family are excluded. Through extension it has come to refer generally to the mandatory seclusion of women from the outside world. Institutions similar to the harem existed in the pre-Islamic civilizations of the Middle East; in the courts of pre-Islamic Assyria, Persia, and Egypt, they were often the loci of political intrigues involving rival court factions. Large harems for wives (and often for concubines) were common in wealthy Middle Eastern households until the 20th century. From the 15th to the 20th century, the great harem, termed the seraglio, of the sultans of the Ottoman Empire housed several hundred women. In Iran and in parts of Central and South Asia influenced by Persian culture the institution of seclusion has traditionally been known as purdah. In the present-day Islamic world, seclusion of women is practiced only within conservative communities; concubinage has been generally outlawed. Similar systems have existed in other parts of Asia
The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio
{i} part of a Muslim dwelling set aside for the women, seraglio; all the women who live in a harem; female members of a Muslim household
the mating and association of several adult females with one male (Morris 1992)
The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in Mohammedan families
A group of females associated with one male - used in reference to polygamous animals
living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
A group of women, wives and/or concubines in a polygamous household
ipet, institutions run by the pharaoh's first wife for the benefit of the pharaoh's wives and female relatives, not to be confounded with the muslim harem of later times
Quarters for Muslim women in a palace; (also: seraglio)