ઓરત

Gujarati
ઓરત (orat, “woman”)

Alternative forms
  • ઔરત (aurat)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عورت‎ (awrat), from Arabic عَوْرَة‎ (ʕawra, “genitals; nudity”) with a semantic shift to "woman" in early New Indo-Aryan is because it is abominable to expose the female body in public.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈo.ɾət̪/
  • Hyphenation: ઓ‧રત

Noun

ઓરત • (orat) f

  1. woman
    Synonyms: સ્ત્રી (strī), નારી (nārī), બાઈડી (bāīḍī), મહિલા (mahilā)
  2. wife
  3. (Islam) pudendum
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