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دَعارَة
prostitution /daˈʕaːra/
nounB2#3883 most common
Also: debauchery, immorality, vice
Example sentences
هذا بيت دعارة.
This is a house of prostitution.
الشرطة أغلقت بيت الدعارة.
The police closed the brothel.
القانون يجرّم الدعارة في هذه الدولة.
The law criminalizes prostitution in this country.
تحاول الحكومة مكافحة الدعارة والاتجار بالبشر.
The government is trying to combat prostitution and human trafficking.
انتشرت الدعارة في بعض الأحياء الفقيرة بسبب الفقر المدقع.
Prostitution spread in some poor neighborhoods because of extreme poverty.
يجادل بعض الباحثين بأن تجريم الدعارة قد يزيد من معاناة العاملات في هذا المجال بدلاً من الحد منها.
Some researchers argue that criminalizing prostitution may increase the suffering of women working in this field rather than reducing it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | دَعارَةٌ | None |
| Genitive | دَعارَةٍ | None |
| Accusative | دَعارَةً | None |
| Vocative | يا دَعارَةُ | None |
Word family
دَعَرَto be morally corrupt or depraved
داعِرdepraved, licentiousداعِرةa prostitute
بَيْت دَعارَةbrothel
Etymology
دَعارَة comes from the Arabic triliteral root د-ع-ر, which carries the sense of moral corruption or mischief. The word is built on the فَعالة pattern, a template that turns a root into an abstract noun naming a state or trade, the same pattern seen in كِتابة (writing) or تِجارة (trade). Over time دَعارَة narrowed from general depravity to its main modern sense, prostitution.
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