храм

From Proto-Slavic *xormъ.

храм • (hram) m

1. temple

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic храмъ (xramŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xormъ. Doublet of хоро́мы (xorómy).

• IPA^(key): [xram]

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храм • (xram) m inan (genitive хра́ма, nominative plural хра́мы, genitive plural хра́мов)

1. temple

   храм Артеми́ды Эфе́сской ― xram Artemídy Efésskoj ― the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

2. (Christianity) church, cathedral (a place of Christian worship that has an altar)

   храм Васи́лия Блаже́нного ― xram Vasílija Blažénnovo ― Saint Basil's Cathedral

3. (figuratively, poetic) shrine

• (temple): мече́ть (mečétʹ), синаго́га (sinagóga)
• (Christian place of worship): це́рковь (cérkovʹ), собо́р (sobór); костёл (kostjól) (Catholic); ки́рха (kírxa) (Lutheran)

• Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “храм”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

From Proto-Slavic *xormъ.

• IPA^(key): /xrâːm/

хра̑м m (Latin spelling hrȃm)

1. temple
2. shrine
3. holy ground