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حَظْر
ban, prohibition /ˈħaðˤr/
nounB2#3993 most common
Also: embargo, prohibition order
Example sentences
هُنَاكَ حَظْرٌ عَلَى التَّدْخِينِ هُنَا.
There is a ban on smoking here.
فَرَضَتِ الحُكُومَةُ حَظْرًا عَلَى السَّفَرِ.
The government imposed a travel ban.
تَمَّ رَفْعُ الحَظْرِ عَنِ اسْتِيرَادِ اللُّحُومِ.
The ban on importing meat was lifted.
يَنُصُّ القَانُونُ الجَدِيدُ عَلَى حَظْرِ بَيْعِ الأَسْلِحَةِ لِلْقُصَّرِ.
The new law stipulates a ban on selling weapons to minors.
أَثَارَ حَظْرُ التَّجَوُّلِ الَّذِي فَرَضَتْهُ السُّلُطَاتُ جَدَلًا وَاسِعًا بَيْنَ المُوَاطِنِينَ.
The curfew imposed by the authorities sparked widespread controversy among citizens.
تَظَلُّ فَعَالِيَّةُ حَظْرِ الأَسْلِحَةِ النَّوَوِيَّةِ رَهِينَةً بِمَدَى الْتِزَامِ الدُّوَلِ المُوَقِّعَةِ بِبُنُودِ الِاتِّفَاقِيَّةِ.
The effectiveness of the nuclear weapons ban still depends on how far signatory states honor the treaty's terms.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَظْرٌ | أَحْظَارٌ |
| Genitive | حَظْرٍ | أَحْظَارٍ |
| Accusative | حَظْرًا | أَحْظَارًا |
| Vocative | يَا حَظْرُ | يَا أَحْظَارُ |
Word family
حَظَرَto forbid, ban
مَحْظُورforbidden, prohibited
مَحْظُورَاتprohibited items, taboos
حَاظِرone who bans; banning
حَظِيرَةpen, enclosureEtymology
حَظْر is the masdar, or verbal noun, of the Arabic verb حَظَرَ (ḥaẓara), built on the root ح-ظ-ر. The root carries the core sense of forbidding or fencing something off from use. Classical dictionaries link this sense of enclosure to the act of prohibition: what is fenced off becomes off limits. The word is native Semitic vocabulary, not a borrowing.
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