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Aurat, the Urdu word for a woman, originates from the Arabic "awrat," meaning "genitalia," "defectiveness," & "nudity."

**Is Aurat, the Urdu term for woman, a “dirty” word? If that’s the case, why aren’t we talking about it?** I had often wondered about the linguistic roots of the word Aurat, which, in Urdu, means woman. I knew that the word originates from Arabic, signifying something along the lines of ‘hidden’ or ‘covered.’

But recently, I discovered that it meant something else.

Not long ago, when I met a Moroccan friend, I asked him what the word Aurat meant in Arabic. His reaction was most peculiar; he started laughing and said that the Arabic word “awrat” was a “profanity,” which means “genitals,” in Arabic.

Upon further research, I discovered that the original word in Arabic means “genitalia,” “nudity,” “weakness,” “defectiveness” or “imperfection.” Furthermore, I discovered that, like most Arabic words, the word “awrat” had entered Urdu via Persian.

However, in Persian, the word “owrat” retained its original meaning – genitals or the private parts of a man or a woman – which, according to Islamic religious injunctions, needed to be covered. The Persian equivalent in an online dictionary was most telling. It describes the word “owrat” as sharmgah, meaning ‘the place of shame.’ A quick look at Mohammad Moin’s dictionary of Persian also revealed that the word “awrah” had two meanings – “nakedness” and a “young woman.”

From [an article by Hammad Hassan Rind](https://archive.ph/KNlKx)

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