عورت

aurat

woman

Common Wordsnounfeminine

What aurat means

aurat is written عورت in the Urdu script and means woman in English. It belongs to the Common Words vocabulary.

Forms of aurat

aurat is feminine: the plural adds -en (auraten) and the oblique plural -on (auraton). The singular does not change before a postposition.

CaseSingularPlural
Directعورت auratعورتیں auraten
Oblique (before a postposition)عورت auratعورتوں auraton

Gender is taken from the course word list. The postposition rule is explained on the postpositions page, and how gender works on the noun gender page.

aurat in example sentences

  • بزرگ عورت بڑی مشکل سے سیڑھیاں چڑھی تھی۔

    The old woman climbed the stairs with difficulty. Tatoeba #1450600

  • میرا خیال ہے کہ وہ ایک ایماندار عورت ہے۔

    I think she's an honest woman. Tatoeba #1452081

  • کمیٹی میں تین مرد اور سات عورتیں ہیں۔

    The committee is composed of three men and seven women. Tatoeba #1672330

    Uses the plural عورتیں.

3 of 7 Tatoeba sentences that use aurat in this sense. Example sentences from Tatoeba, licensed CC BY 2.0 FR. Contributors are named on each sentence page.

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