औरत
Hindi
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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
Noun
औरत • (aurat) f (Urdu spelling عورت)
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References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “औरत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press