clitoris

Etymology
From post-classical (16th century), or its source,, probably from , in reference to its being covered by the labia minora.

The related noun form has a second meaning of "a key, a latch or hook (to close a door)." Wooden pegs were the original keys; a connection also revealed in Latin and  (see close). Some medical sources give a supposed Greek verb literally "to be inclined (toward pleasure)" (compare 🇨🇬, related to Greek, a variant of , related to , from the same root as . But many sources take  literally as Ancient Greek "little hill".

Noun

 * 1)  A sensitive elongated erectile organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals, homologous with the penis.
 * 2)  A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of female amniotes.
 * 1)  A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of female amniotes.
 * 1)  A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of female amniotes.
 * 1)  A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of female amniotes.
 * 1)  A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of female amniotes.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:clitoris

Translations

 * Afrikaans: klitoris
 * Albanian: klitoris
 * Amharic:
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: صرم
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese:
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani: klitoris
 * Belarusian: клі́тар
 * Bengali:
 * Breton: ellig
 * Bulgarian: кли́тор
 * Burmese: မအင်္ဂါ အစေ့
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: tinggil
 * Chakma:
 * Cherokee:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 陰蒂
 * Hokkien: 陰蒂, 膣屄穎, 膣屄蒂 , 烏蒂仔
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: klitoris, kildrer
 * Dhivehi: ކުޅަނދިލި
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: klitoro
 * Estonian: kõdisti, kliitor
 * Faroese: galipinnur, háatrýni, purrifinna
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: კლიტორი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κλειτορίς
 * Greenlandic: oqaasaq
 * Guaraní: takokũ
 * Gujarati: ભગ્ન
 * Hebrew:
 * Hiligaynon: ditil
 * Hindi: भगशेफ,, , योनिलिंग, भग शिश्निका, शिश्निका,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua: clitoris
 * Inuktitut: ᐅᕕᐅᖅ
 * Iranun:
 * Irish: brillín, brille
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Javanese:
 * Kannada: ಚಂದ್ರನಾಡಿ, ಭಗಾಂಕುರ
 * Karok: kishnit
 * Kazakh: күйіттік, клитор
 * Khmer: សិរយោនី,
 * Korean:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: میتکە, قیتکە, بەلۆکە
 * Northern Kurdish:, , ,
 * Southern Kurdish: بەلۊکە, کوِڕگە
 * Kyrgyz: клитор, тилчик
 * Lao: ແຕດ
 * Latin: landīca, crista
 * Latvian: klitors, kuteklis
 * Lithuanian: varputė
 * Macedonian: клиторис, дразница
 * Maguindanao:
 * Malay: kelentit
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maltese: klitoris
 * Manx: brillane
 * Maori: tīkou, tonetone, atuapīkoikoi, kou o te tara, tonini, tehoteho, temotemo
 * Maranao: getek
 * Marathi: भगनासा, शिश्निका, भेगशिश्ना, भेगाशिश्न, जिवणीशिश्न, चीरीशिश्ना, चीरीअंकुरा, भेगांकुर, जिवणीअंकुर, भगाङ्कुरः, योनिलिङ्ग
 * Minangkabau:
 * Mingrelian: კლიტორი, ციკი
 * Mon:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: клитор,
 * Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠯᠦᠦ
 * Navajo: adzástsooʼ, adástsooʼ, adastsooʼ
 * Nepali: भगांकुर, भगनासिका
 * Northern Sami:
 * Northern Thai:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: klitoris
 * Nynorsk: klitoris
 * Ottoman Turkish: دلاق, دلجك, بظر
 * Pashto: خينګکی, منجغى,, نکی, نېغی, چورلکی, چونګک
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: (chola)
 * Quechua: rakha k'akara
 * Romanian:, lindic
 * Russian: ,
 * Sami:
 * Inari: klitoris
 * Northern: bunˈnu
 * Skolt: klitoris
 * Sanskrit:, , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: brillean
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: клѝто̄рис, дра̀жица
 * Roman: ,
 * Shan:
 * Sinhalese: භගමණිය
 * Slovak:, klitoris
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:, kisimi
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Sylheti:
 * Tagalog: tinggil, tilis
 * Tajik: клитор
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu: యోనిశీర్షము, యోనిలింగము,, ఇత్తిరికాయ
 * Thai: คลิตอริส,, ,
 * Tooro: omusino
 * Tswana: nawa, sebete
 * Turkish:, , ,
 * Turkmen: klitor
 * Ukrainian: клі́тор
 * Urdu: چو چولہ, بظر
 * Uyghur: دىلچىق, كلىتور
 * Uzbek: klitor
 * Vietnamese: âm vật (陰物),
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: קלייטאָריס
 * Zhuang:

Etymology
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