Rizwan Zubair

Root ع و ر ʿ-w-r

Quranic citations in this entry: 3 · اردو

ع و رʿ-w-r

(س) عَوِرَ يَعْوَرُ عَوَرًاʿawira yaʿwaru ʿawaran: to be blind in one eye, to be defective. (this verb is not used in the Quran).

عَوْرَةٌʿawrah pl. عَوْرٰتٌʿawrāt (noun, ism dhāt): anything whose exposure is unpleasant or objectionable; with this basic sense it comes in several meanings: (1) an unprotected place (2) a thing to be kept covered, a private matter. ﴿يَقُوْلُوْنَ اِنَّ بُيُوْتَنَا عَوْرَةٌ﴾ (Al-Aḥzāb 33:13); ﴿ثَلٰثُ عَوْرٰتٍ لَّكُمْ﴾ (An-Nūr 24:58); ﴿لَمْ يَظْهَرُوْا عَلٰى عَوْرٰتِ النِّسَآءِ﴾ (An-Nūr 24:31)

Form X (istifʿāl) اِسْتَعَارَ يَسْتَعِيْرُ اِسْتِعَارَةًistaʿāra yastaʿīru istiʿāratan: to ask for something on loan; to borrow (this verb is not used in the Quran).

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