# \*ʕawr-(at-) ~ \*ʕVrw-(at-): 'pudenda'

> Proto-Semitic *ʕawr-(at-) ~ *ʕVrw-(at-), 'pudenda': reflexes in 5 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʕawr-(at-) ~ \*ʕVrw-(at-) |
| Meaning | 'pudenda' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2603 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ʕawrat- 'the entire part of the body between the navel and the knees (in man); everything that modesty allows neither to be seen nor shown' \[BK 2 405\]; cf. metathetic ʕurwat- 'a very thin caruncle that forms in the vagina and lines its walls' \[ibid. 238\]. | BK 2 405; BK 238 |  |
| Akkadian | ūru (urû) OAkk on \[AHw 1434\] | AHw 1434 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ʕärwā (HALOT 882) | HALOT 882 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ʿeryᵉtā (HALOT 882, 883) | HALOT 882, 883 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | \*ʕarwā (HALOT BArm. s.v. עַרְוָה) | HALOT BArm. s.v. עַרְוָה | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Eg. ʕr.t 'the backside, the anus' (Wb I 209, 4) is one of three etyma Takács 2018, 279–280 weighs for it, through Ar. ʕawrat- 'the part of the body between the navel and the knees'.

## Linked from

- [ʿ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/ayin/index.md>)

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