dar al-harb

1. 1.

   areas where Muslims are in the minority and are persecuted

   SynonymsHouse of War

   Broadergeographical area

Questions about dar al-harb

What does dar al-harb mean?

dar al-harb means "areas where Muslims are in the minority and are persecuted".

What is another word for dar al-harb?

Close synonyms include House of War. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dar al-harb a common word?

dar al-harb is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.