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"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "vēśyāvr̥tti",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "വേശ്യാവൃത്തി"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "kairautanga"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prostitusjon"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prostitusjon"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostitucion"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ruspi-gari",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "روسپیگری"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tan-foruši",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "تنفروشی"
},
{
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostitussion"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Huararie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostytucja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostituição"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostituție"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prostitúcija",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "проститу́ция"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "strìopachas"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "siùrsachd"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "проститу́ција"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostitúcija"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostitúcia"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostitúcija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostitución"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"class-14"
],
"word": "umalaya"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "ukahaba"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "prostitution"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "vyabhicāraṁ",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "వ్యభిచారం"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gaan-káa-bprà-wee-nii",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "การค้าประเวณี"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "fahişelik"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prostytúcija",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "проститу́ція"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "sự mại dâm"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"prostitution"
],
"word": "prostitution"
}
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