ઓરત

Gujarati

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

Declension
Declension of ઓરત
singular plural
nominative ઓરત (orat) ઓરતો (orato)
oblique ઓરત (orat) ઓરતો (orato)
vocative ઓરત (orat) ઓરતો (orato)
instrumental ઓરતે (orate) ઓરતોએ (oratoe)
locative ઓરતે (orate) ઓરતોએ (oratoe)
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