औरत

Hindi

औरत

Etymology

From Persian عورت ('owrat, “woman; genitals; nudity”), from Arabic عَوْرَة (ʕawra, “genitals; nudity; woman”). The shift to “woman” is due to the doctrine of some Islamic schools that the whole female body is a form of “nudity” that must be covered in public.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɔː.ɾət̪/, [ɔː.ɾɐt̪]

Noun

औरत • (aurat) f (Urdu spelling عورت)

1. woman
2. wife

Synonyms

• महिला (mahilā)
• नारी (nārī)

Antonyms

• आदमी (ādmī)
• नर (nar)
• पुरुष (puruṣ)

See also

• मानव (mānav)
• मनुष्य (manuṣya)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “औरत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press