A genre in anime and manga that every weeb indeed watches, however it is never discussed among fellow weebs.
A harem is essentially when there is a boy who is bombarded by a bevy girls presenting various physiques. The girls in the harem are all attracted to the boy and often fight over his affection. A Harem can be metaphorically describes as a rooster in a henhouse.
A harem is essentially when there is a boy who is bombarded by a bevy girls presenting various physiques. The girls in the harem are all attracted to the boy and often fight over his affection. A Harem can be metaphorically describes as a rooster in a henhouse.
by thefountofallknowledge October 30, 2019
A genre in manga and anime where a single (often ordinary) guy is liked and followed by bunch of girls (3 or more) who are all madly in love with him. The girls often fight each other to get the guy's attention.
female version of this is reverse harem
female version of this is reverse harem
by Hespia Klarerin December 4, 2010
by val September 10, 2003
From Arabic harIm (literally "something forbidden") and haram (literally "a sanctuary")
In Turkey, Persia, and other areas of the Middle East, the harem was a section of a palace where the women of the palace lived. Contrary to popular belief, the harem was not a brothel; that's simply a Western viewpoint. The harem did house the wives (and sometimes concubines) of the Shah, but his female relatives also lived there.
Still, there are many cases where a group of females linked sexually to one male (or males linked to one female) is referred to as a harem.
In Turkey, Persia, and other areas of the Middle East, the harem was a section of a palace where the women of the palace lived. Contrary to popular belief, the harem was not a brothel; that's simply a Western viewpoint. The harem did house the wives (and sometimes concubines) of the Shah, but his female relatives also lived there.
Still, there are many cases where a group of females linked sexually to one male (or males linked to one female) is referred to as a harem.
Sure, the harem is associated with polygamous sexual relations, but not all of them are based on sex: a woman with a large group of gay male friends could refer to them as her "harem".
by Lorelili February 22, 2006
Sheik Mohammed-izzle-nizzle(1904): I got a harem full o' bitches
Nizzle-wizzle-got-tha-bizzle(2004): I got a stable full o' bitches
Nizzle-wizzle-got-tha-bizzle(2004): I got a stable full o' bitches
by Kung-Fu Jesus May 4, 2004
Harem (Turkish, from Arabic حرم ḥaram 'forbidden place; sacrosanct, sanctum', related to حريم ḥarīm 'a sacred inviolable place; female members of the family' and حرام ḥarām, 'forbidden; sacred') refers to the sphere of women in a usually polygynous household and their quarters which is enclosed and forbidden to men. It originated in the Near East and came to the Western world via the Ottoman Empire.
The term serraglio (Italian from Persian sarāy "palace, enclosed courts") carries a similar meaning.
In modern colloquial (and humorous) English, "harem" may denote a number of female followers of a charismatic man.
The term serraglio (Italian from Persian sarāy "palace, enclosed courts") carries a similar meaning.
In modern colloquial (and humorous) English, "harem" may denote a number of female followers of a charismatic man.
The 'harem' does not refer to a sanctuary for the wives of a polygynous person. It is simply a resting quarters for women. Female seclusion in Islam is emphasized to the extent that any unlawful breaking into that privacy is ḥarām "forbidden". Contrary to the common belief, a Muslim harem does not necessarily consist solely of women with whom the head of the household has sexual relations (wives and concubines), but also their young offspring, other female relatives, etc.; and it may either be a palatial complex, as in Romantic tales, in which case it includes staff (women and eunuchs), or simply their quarters, in the Ottoman tradition separated from the men's selamlık. The Greek gynaeceum and Persian zenana were comparable institutions.
by Road Gypsy February 2, 2010
by Pussyeater556 July 19, 2019