عورة

See also: غوره

Arabic

Root
ع و ر (ʕ-w-r)

Etymology

From the root ع و ر (ʕ-w-r), itself related to the roots ع ي ر (ʕ-y-r) and ع ر ي (ʕ-r-y). Possibly cognate with Hebrew ערווה.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕaw.ra/

Noun

عَوْرَة • (ʕawra) f (plural عَوْرَات (ʕawrāt))

1. defectiveness, faultiness, deficiency, imperfection

   لِسَانِك لَا تَذْكُر بِهِ عَوْرَة اِمْرِئ * فَكُلُّـكَ عَوْرَات وَلِلنَّاس أَلْسُـنُ ― Let not your tongue mention the shame of another * For you yourself are covered in shame and all men have tongues.

   • a. 1111, ʔAbū Ḥāmid Al-Ḡazāliyy, إحياء علوم الدين, volume 1, Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Marefah, published 1982, page 46:

     وَٱلْمُنَاظِرُ لَا يَنْفَكُّ عَنْ طَلَبِ عَثَرَاتِ أَقْرَانِهِ، وَتَتَبُّعِ عَوْرَاتِ خُصُومِهِ. حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيُخْبَرُ بِوُرُودِ مُنَاظِرٍ إِلَى بَلَدِهِ فَيَطْلُبُ مَنْ يُخْبِرُ بَوَاطِنَ أَحْوَالِهِ، وَيَسْتَخْرِجُ بِٱلسُّؤَالِ مَقَابِحَهُ حَتَّى يَعُدَّهَا ذَخِيرَةً لِنَفْسِهِ فِي إِفْضَاحِه وَتَخْجِيلِهِ إِذَا مَسَّتْ إِلِيْهِ حَاجَةٌ. حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيَسْتَكْشِفُ عَنْ أَحْوَالِ صِبَاهُ، وَعَنْ عُيُوبِ بَدَنِهِ، فَعَسَاهُ يَعْثُرُ عَلَى هَفْوَةٍ أَوْ عَلَى عَيْبٍ بِهِ مِنْ قَرَعٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ. ثُمَّ إِذَا أَحَسَّ بِأَدْنَى غَلَبَةٍ مِنْ جِهَتِهِ عَرَّضَ بِهِ إِنْ كَانَ مُتَمَاسِكًا.

     wal-munāẓiru lā yanfakku ʕan ṭalabi ʕaṯarāti ʔaqrānihi, watatabbuʕi ʕawrāti ḵuṣūmihi. ḥattā ʔinnahu layuḵbaru biwurūdi munāẓirin ʔilā baladihi fayaṭlubu man yuḵbiru bawāṭina ʔaḥwālihi, wayastaḵriju bi-s-suʔāli maqābiḥahu ḥattā yaʕuddahā ḏaḵīratan linafsihi fī ʔifḍāḥih wataḵjīlihi ʔiḏā massat ʔiliyhi ḥājatun. ḥattā ʔinnahu layastakšifu ʕan ʔaḥwāli ṣibāhu, waʕan ʕuyūbi badanihi, faʕasāhu yaʕṯuru ʕalā hafwatin ʔaw ʕalā ʕaybin bihi min qaraʕin ʔaw ḡayrihi. ṯumma ʔiḏā ʔaḥassa biʔadnā ḡalabatin min jihatihi ʕarraḍa bihi ʔin kāna mutamāsikan.

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2. nakedness, awrah
3. pudendum, genitals
4. (in the plural) weaknesses, weak spots
5. exposed, open, vulnerable
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 33:13:

     وَإِذْ قَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ يَا أَهْلَ يَثْرِبَ لَا مُقَامَ لَكُمْ فَارْجِعُوا وَيَسْتَأْذِنُ فَرِيقٌ مِنْهُمُ النَّبِيَّ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ بُيُوتَنَا عَوْرَةٌ وَمَا هِيَ بِعَوْرَةٍ إِنْ يُرِيدُونَ إِلَّا فِرَارًا

     waʔiḏ qālat ṭāʔifatun minhum yā ʔahla yaṯriba lā muqāma lakum fārjiʕū wayastaʔḏinu farīqun minhumu n-nabiyya yaqūlūna ʔinna buyūtanā ʕawratun wamā hiya biʕawratin ʔin yurīdūna ʔillā firāran

     Abdulala Maududi: And when a section of them said: “(O people of Yathrib), now there is no place for you to stay, so turn back.” (And call to mind) when a section of them was seeking permission from the Prophet to leave, saying: “Our houses are exposed (to attack),” although they were not exposed (to attack); they only wished to flee (from the battle-front).

Declension

Declension of noun عَوْرَة (ʕawra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَوْرَة ʕawra	الْعَوْرَة al-ʕawra	عَوْرَة ʕawrat
Nominative	عَوْرَةٌ ʕawratun	الْعَوْرَةُ al-ʕawratu	عَوْرَةُ ʕawratu
Accusative	عَوْرَةً ʕawratan	الْعَوْرَةَ al-ʕawrata	عَوْرَةَ ʕawrata
Genitive	عَوْرَةٍ ʕawratin	الْعَوْرَةِ al-ʕawrati	عَوْرَةِ ʕawrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَوْرَتَيْن ʕawratayn	الْعَوْرَتَيْن al-ʕawratayn	عَوْرَتَيْ ʕawratay
Nominative	عَوْرَتَانِ ʕawratāni	الْعَوْرَتَانِ al-ʕawratāni	عَوْرَتَا ʕawratā
Accusative	عَوْرَتَيْنِ ʕawratayni	الْعَوْرَتَيْنِ al-ʕawratayni	عَوْرَتَيْ ʕawratay
Genitive	عَوْرَتَيْنِ ʕawratayni	الْعَوْرَتَيْنِ al-ʕawratayni	عَوْرَتَيْ ʕawratay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَوْرَات ʕawrāt	الْعَوْرَات al-ʕawrāt	عَوْرَات ʕawrāt
Nominative	عَوْرَاتٌ ʕawrātun	الْعَوْرَاتُ al-ʕawrātu	عَوْرَاتُ ʕawrātu
Accusative	عَوْرَاتٍ ʕawrātin	الْعَوْرَاتِ al-ʕawrāti	عَوْرَاتِ ʕawrāti
Genitive	عَوْرَاتٍ ʕawrātin	الْعَوْرَاتِ al-ʕawrāti	عَوْرَاتِ ʕawrāti

Descendants

• → English: awrah
• → Malay: aurat
  • Indonesian: aurat
• → Northern Kurdish: afret
• → Classical Persian: عَوْرَت ('awrat)
  • → Azerbaijani: övrət
  • → Bengali: অওরত (oōrot)
  • → Garhwali: औरत (aurat)
  • → Gujarati: ઓરત (orat)
  • → Old Hindi:

    Devanagari script: औरत (aurata)

    Arabic script: عَورَت ('aurat)

    • Braj: औरत (aurat)
    • Bundeli: औरत (aurat)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: औरत (aurat)

      Urdu: عَورَت (‘aurat)

      • → Punjabi:
        • Gurmukhi script: ਔਰਤ (aurat)
        • Shahmukhi script: عَورَت (ʻaurat)

    • Kannauji: अउरत, औरत

  • → Ottoman Turkish: عورت
    • Turkish: avrat
  • Punjabi: ਅਉਰਤ (aurat)
  • → Sindhi: aurata

    Arabic script: عَوْرَتَ

    Devanagari script: औरत

    Khudawadi script: 𑊹𑋙𑋍

  • → Uzbek: avrat
  • → Sarikoli: awrat

See also

• عَرَاء (ʕarāʔ, “bareness; nudity”)
• عَار (ʕār, “shame; dishonor, disgrace”)