عورت

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

عَوِرْتُ (ʕawirtu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular past active of عَوِرَ (ʕawira)

Verb

عَوِرْتَ (ʕawirta) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular past active of عَوِرَ (ʕawira)

Verb

عَوِرْتِ (ʕawirti) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular past active of عَوِرَ (ʕawira)

Verb

عَوِرَتْ (ʕawirat) (form I)

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of عَوِرَ (ʕawira)

Etymology 2

Verb

عَوَّرْتُ (ʕawwartu) (form II)

  1. first-person singular past active of عَوَّرَ (ʕawwara)

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عُوِّرْتُ (ʕuwwirtu) (form II)

  1. first-person singular past passive of عَوَّرَ (ʕawwara)

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عَوَّرْتَ (ʕawwarta) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular past active of عَوَّرَ (ʕawwara)

Verb

عُوِّرْتَ (ʕuwwirta) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular past passive of عَوَّرَ (ʕawwara)

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عَوَّرْتِ (ʕawwarti) (form II)

  1. second-person feminine singular past active of عَوَّرَ (ʕawwara)

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عُوِّرْتِ (ʕuwwirti) (form II)

  1. second-person feminine singular past passive of عَوَّرَ (ʕawwara)

Verb

عَوَّرَتْ (ʕawwarat) (form II)

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of عَوَّرَ (ʕawwara)

Verb

عُوِّرَتْ (ʕuwwirat) (form II)

  1. third-person feminine singular past passive of عَوَّرَ (ʕawwara)

Old Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَوْرَت (awrat), from Arabic عَوْرَة (ʕawra).

Noun

عَورَت ('auratf (Middle Hindi)

  1. woman
    • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 280.6:
      जेती औरत मरदां सिरजे
      ए सब रूप तुम्हारा
      jetī aurat maradā̃ siraje
      e sab rūp tumhārā
      as many women men were created
      these all to your likeness
    • 1503, نَو سَرْہَار (nau sarhār), 61 :
      نَفَر چاکَر بانْد غُلام
      عَورَت مَرْد ہور خاص و عام
      nafar cākar bānd ġulām
      'aurat mard hor xās o 'ām
      These examples are from a period later than Middle Indo-Aryan.
  2. pudendum

Descendants

Further reading

  • عورت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Persian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَوْرَة (ʕawra).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? awrat
Dari reading? awrat
Iranian reading? owrat
Tajik reading? avrat

Noun

Dari عورت
Iranian Persian
Tajik аврат

عورت ('owrat)

  1. (Islam) the pudenda or pudendum, the privy parts; nakedness
    Synonyms: شرمگاه, زهار
  2. (by extension) a woman; also, a wife
    Synonym: زن (zan)

Descendants

References

Urdu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَوْرَت (awrat), from Arabic عَوْرَة (ʕawra, genitals; nudity), where the shift to "woman" in early New Indo-Aryan is because it is abominable to expose the female body in public. First attested in c. 1503 as Middle Hindi عَورَت ('aurat).

Pronunciation

Noun

عَورَت ('auratf (formal plural عَورات ('aurāt), Hindi spelling औरत)

  1. woman
    Synonyms: زَن (zan), نار (nār)
    Antonyms: مَرْد (mard), آدْمی (ādmī)
  2. wife
    Synonyms: بِیوِی (bīvī), زَوجَہ (zauja), اَہْلِیَہ (ahliya), گَھر والی (ghar vālī)
  3. (Islam) pudendum

Declension

Declension of عورت
singular plural
direct عَورَت ('aurat) عَورَتیں ('auratẽ)
oblique عَورَت ('aurat) عَورَتوں ('auratõ)
vocative عَورَت ('aurat) عَورَتو ('aurato)

Descendants

Further reading

  • عورت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • عورت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “عورت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 440
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “عورت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 766