औरत
Hindi
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औरत
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian عورت ('aurat, “genitals; nudity”), from Arabic عَوْرَة (ʕawra, “genitals; nudity”). First attested as Old Hindi औरत (aurata).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɔː.ɾət̪/
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Noun
औरत • (aurat) f (Urdu spelling عَورَت)
- woman
- wife
Declension
Declension of औरत (fem cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
direct | औरत aurat | औरतें auratẽ |
oblique | औरत aurat | औरतों auratõ |
vocative | औरत aurat | औरतो aurato |
Synonyms
- महिला (mahilā)
- नारी (nārī)
- स्त्री (strī), तिय (tiy)
Antonyms
- आदमी (ādmī)
- नर (nar)
- पुरुष (puruṣ)
See also
- इन्सान (insān)
- मानव (mānav)
- मनुष्य (manuṣya)
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “औरत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 150
Old Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian عورت ('aurat), from Arabic عَوْرَة (ʕawra).
Noun
औरत (aurata)
- woman
- c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 280.6:
- जेती औरत मरदां सिरजे
ए सब रूप तुम्हारा- jetī aurata maradā̃ siraje
e saba rūpa tumhārā - as many women [and] men were created
these [are] all to your likeness
- jetī aurata maradā̃ siraje
- जेती औरत मरदां सिरजे
Descendants
- Hindustani: aurat
- Hindi: औरत
- Urdu: عَورَت
Further reading
- Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, OCLC 853683653, page 524