meretrix

Mane (Îngilîzî)

a female prostitute or courtesan

Têgeh

qehbe

Hevwate

lupa

scortum

prostituta

pallaca

lupānāria

prostibula

nonaria

meretrix meretricis

concubina

Werger

prostituta

عاهرة

prostituta

prostitute

whore

Hure

hoer

prostituée

prostituta

Prostituierte

puttana

πόρνη

Nutte

harlot

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

[ˈmɛ.rɛ.triːks]

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From mereō, meritum (“to earn (a living)”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, feminine agentive suffix), literally “the earner”.