Daughter

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.4 See also

English

Etymology

Old English dohtor, from Germanic *doxtēr, from Indo-European *dʰugh₂ter-. Cognates include (from Germanic) Dutch dochter, German Tochter, Swedish dotter; (from IE) Russian дочь (doč), Persian دختر (doχtar), Mycenaean Greek θυγατήρ (thugater), Lithuanian duktẽ.

Pronunciation

• AHD: dô'tər
• IPA: /ˈdɔːtə(r)/
• SAMPA: /"dO:t@(r)/
• Image:Loudspeaker.png Audio (US)^{?, file}

Noun

Daughter (plural Daughters)

1. One’s female child.

   I don’t want a daughter.

Translations

female child

Afrikaans: dogter Albanian: bijë f Aragonese: filla f. Bosnian: ćerka f., kćerka f., kći f. Breton: merc'h f., merc'hed pl. Bulgarian: дъщеря (dəšterja) f. Catalan: filla f. ^ Chinese: å¥³å ’, 女儿 (nǚér) Croatian: ćerka f., kćerka f., kći f. Czech: dcera Danish: datter Dutch: dochter f. Estonian: tütar Finnish: tytär French: fille f. Esperanto: filino German: Tochter f. ^ Greek: κόρη Guaraní: ajýra (tajýra/rajy/itajýra) (of a man); memby (of a woman) Hebrew: בַּת (bit) f. Hindi: लड़की (la.rki) (lit. girl), बेटी (bet’ī), पुत्री (putrÄ«) Hungarian: lány Icelandic: dóttir Indonesian: putri, anak perempuan Interlingua: filia Irish: iníon f2 Italian: figlia f. Japanese: 娘 (むすめ, musumé) Korean: 딸 (tal)

Latin: filia f. Lithuanian: duktė m., dukra f. Macedonian: ќерка (kjerka) Manchu: (sargan jui) Marathi: मलगी (malagī) Norwegian: datter Novial: filia Old English: dohtor, ċild Persian: دختر (dokhtar) Polish: córka f. Portuguese: filha f. Romanian: fiică f. Russian: дочь (doč’) f. Scottish Gaelic: nighean f. Serbian: Cyrillic: ћерка f., кћерка f., кћи f. Roman: ćerka f., kćerka f., kći f. Slovak: dcéra Slovene: hči f. Spanish: hija f. Swedish: dotter c. Telugu: కూతురు (koothuru), కుమార్తె (kumaarthe), పుత్రిక (puthrika), ఠమ్మాయి (ammayi) (literally, girl) Tupinambá: aîyra (t-, t-) (of a man); membyra (of a woman) Turkish: kız evlat

Related terms

• daughter-in-law
• granddaughter
• great-granddaughter
• stepdaughter

See also

• aunt
• brother
• child
• cousin
• father
• mother
• son
• uncleel:daughter

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