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[edit] Etymology
From Old English dohtor, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr. Cognates include (from Germanic) Scots dochter, Dutch dochter, German Tochter, Swedish dotter; (from PIE) Russian дочь (doč), Persian دختر (doχtar), Ancient Greek θυγάτηρ, Lithuanian duktė, Bulgarian дъщеря.
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daughter (plural daughters)
- One’s female child.
- I already have a son, so I would like to have a daughter.
- The Chinese and Indians say all too often: "I want a son, not a daughter".
- A female descendant.
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[edit] Translations
female child
- Afrikaans: dogter
- Albanian: bijë sq(sq) f.
- Amharic: ሴት ልጅ (set ləj)
- Arabic: إبنة (íbna) f., بنت (bint) f.
- Aragonese: filla f.
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܒܪܬܐ (bartā’) f.
- Hebrew: ברתא (bartā’) f.
- Armenian: աղջիկ hy(hy) (aġǰik), դուստր hy(hy) (dustr)
- Old Armenian: դուստր (dustr)
- Azeri: qız az(az)
- Bosnian: ćerka bs(bs) f., kćerka bs(bs) f., kći bs(bs) f.
- Breton: merc'h f., merc'hed pl.
- Bulgarian: дъщеря (dəšterja) f.
- Catalan: filla ca(ca) f.
- Chinese: 女兒, 女儿 (nǚér)
- Croatian: kćer f., kćerka f., kći f.
- Czech: dcera cs(cs) f.
- Danish: datter da(da) c.
- Dutch: dochter nl(nl) f.
- Egyptian: zȝt
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- Esperanto: filino eo(eo)
- Estonian: tütar et(et)
- Ewe: vinyɔnu
- Finnish: tytär fi(fi)
- French: fille fr(fr) f.
- Galician: filla f.
- Georgian: ქალი (k‘ali), ასული ka(ka) (axuli)
- German: Tochter de(de) f.
- Gooniyandi: ngaliganyi
- Greek: κόρη (kóri) f., θυγατέρα (thygatéra) f.
- Greenlandic: panik kl(kl)
- Guaraní: ajýra (tajýra/rajy/itajýra) (of a man); memby (of a woman)
- Hebrew: בַּת (bat) f.
- Hindi: बेटी (betī), लड़की (la.rkī), पुत्री (putrī)
- Hungarian: lány hu(hu)
- Icelandic: dóttir is(is)
- Ido: filiino io(io)
- Indonesian: putri, anak perempuan
- Interlingua: filia
- Irish: iníon f2
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- Italian: figlia it(it) f.
- Japanese: 娘 (むすめ, musumé), お嬢さん (おじょうさん, o-jōsan)
- Korean: 딸 (tal)
- Latin: filia la(la) f.
- Lithuanian: duktė m., dukra f.
- Macedonian: ќерка mk(mk) (ḱérka) f.
- Marathi: मलगी (malagī)
- Navajo: atsiʼ, achʼéʼé
- Norwegian: datter no(no)
- Novial: filia
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: дъщи (dŭšti) f.
- Glagolitic: ⰄⰟⰞⰕⰉ (dŭšti) f.
- Old English: dohtor ang(ang), ċild ang(ang)
- Pashto: لور ps(ps) (lur) f.
- Persian: دختر fa(fa) (dokhtar)
- Polish: córka pl(pl) f.
- Portuguese: filha pt(pt) f.
- Romani: shej f.
- Romanian: fiică ro(ro) f.
- Russian: дочь ru(ru) (doč’) f., дочка ru(ru) (dóčka) f.
- Sanskrit: दुहितृ (duhitr̩) f.
- Scots: dochter
- Scottish Gaelic: nighean f., (affectionate) nighneag/nìonag f.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: ћерка f., кћерка f., кћи f.
- Roman: ćerka f., kćerka f., kći f.
- Slovak: dcéra sk(sk) f.
- Slovene: hči sl(sl) f.
- Spanish: hija es(es) f.
- Swahili: binti (nc 5/6)
- Swedish: dotter sv(sv) c.
- Tajik: духтар tg(tg) (duxtar)
- Taos: phȉwéna
- Telugu: కూతురు (koothuru), కుమార్తె (kumaarthe), పుత్రిక (puthrika), అమ్మాయి (ammayi) (literally, girl)
- Thai: ลูกสาว (lôok săao)
- Tupinambá: aîyra (t-, t-) (of a man); membyra (of a woman)
- Turkish: kız evlat
- Urdu: لڑکی (la.rkī) (lit. girl), بیٹی (bet'ī), پتری (putrī), کڑی (ku.rī), دختر (dukhtar)
- Welsh: merch cy(cy) f.
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