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Etymology Edit From Latin circumcīsiō circumcīdō “ cut around ” ), from circum “ about, around; through ” ) + caedō “ cut, hew ” ).
Pronunciation Edit circumcision (plural circumcisions
The surgical removal/excision of the prepuce (the foreskin on penises , the clitoral hood on clitorises )
The surgical removal of tissue from the vulva of the female; female circumcision .
The surgical removal of the clitoris; clitoridectomy , usually referred to as female genital mutilation
Related terms Edit Translations Edit
removal of foreskin from penis
Albanian: synet (sq) m
Arabic: خِتَان m ḵitān )
Armenian: թլփատում (hy) (tʿlpʿatum ), թլփատություն (hy) (tʿlpʿatutʿyun )
Asturian: circuncisión f
Azeri: sünnət
Belarusian: абраза́нне n abrazánnje )
Bulgarian: обря́зване n obrjázvane )
Catalan: circumcisió f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 包皮環切術 (zh) , 包皮环切术 (zh) (bāopí huánqiēshù ), 割禮 (zh) , 割礼 (zh) (gēlǐ ), 割包皮 (zh) (gēbāopí )
Czech: obřízka (cs) f
Danish: omskæring c omskærelse c
Dutch: besnijdenis (nl) f
Esperanto: cirkumcido
Estonian: ümberlõikamine
Faroese: umskering f
Finnish: ympärileikkaus (fi)
French: circoncision (fr) f
Galician: circuncisión f
Georgian: წინადაცვეთა c̣inadacveta )
German: Beschneidung (de) f Zirkumzision f
Greek: περιτομή (el) f peritomí )
Hebrew: מִילָה (he) f mila )
Hindi: ख़तना xatna )
Hungarian: körülmetélés (hu)
Icelandic: umskurður m
Indonesian: khitan (id) , sunat (id)
Italian: circoncisione (it) f
Japanese: 割礼 かつれい, katsurei ), 包皮切断 ほうひせつだん, hōhisetsudan ), 包茎手術 ほうけいしゅじゅつ, hōkeishujutsu )
Javanese: sunat tetak (jv) ( krama ) supit (jv) ( krama inggil )
Kazakh: сүндет sündet )
Khmer: ការកាត់ស្បែកចុងអង្គជាតិចេញ kaa kat sbaek chong ɑng jiet jəñ )
Korean: 할례 (ko) (hallye ), 포피절제 popijeolje ), 포경수술 (ko) (pogyeongsusul )
Kyrgyz: сүннөт (ky) (sünnöt )
Latvian: apgraizīšana
Lithuanian: apipjaustymas m
Macedonian: обрежување n obrežuvanje )
Malay: khatan sunat perkhatanan
Ngazidja Comorian: mrino urinwa
Occitan: circomcision f
Persian: ختنه (fa) (xatne )
Polish: obrzezanie (pl) n
Portuguese: circuncisão (pt) f
Romanian: circumcizie (ro) f
Russian: обреза́ние (ru) n obrezánije ), ( rare ) циркумци́зия (ru) f cirkumcízija )
Scottish Gaelic: timcheall-ghearradh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: обрезивање n циркумцизија f
Roman: obrezivanje (sh) n cirkumcizija (sh) f
Slovak: obriezka f
Slovene: obrezovanje (sl) n cirkumcizija f
Spanish: circuncisión (es) f
Swahili: tohara (sw)
Swedish: omskärelse (sv)
Tagalog: pagtutuli pagsusunat
Tajik: хатна (tg) (xatna )
Turkish: sünnet (tr)
Turkmen: sünnet
Ukrainian: обріза́ння n obrizánnja )
Urdu: ختنہ xatna )
Uzbek: sunnat (uz) , xatna (uz)
Vietnamese: cắt bao quy đầu
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