orphanage

English

Etymology

Attested since the 1570s; orphan +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ)fənɪd͡ʒ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

orphanage (countable and uncountable, plural orphanages)

1. A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.

   Synonym: orphanarium

   Coordinate terms: foster care, adoption

   Near-synonym: children's home (not always different)

2. (obsolete) Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan.

Translations

a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans

• Albanian: jetimore (sq) f
• Arabic: دَار الْأَيْتَام f (dār al-ʔaytām), مَيْتَم m (maytam)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܝܲܬܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ m (bēt yatūmē), ܕܹܝܪ ܝܲܬܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ m (dēr yatūmē)

• Armenian: մանկատուն (hy) (mankatun), որբանոց (hy) (orbanocʻ)
• Azerbaijani: yetimxana, uşaq evi, yettim evi
• Basque: umezurztegi
• Belarusian: дзіця́чы дом m (dzicjáčy dom), прыту́лак дзіця́чы m (prytúlak dzicjáčy), сіро́цкі дом m (sirócki dom)
• Bengali: এতিমখানা (bn) (etimkhana)
• Bulgarian: сиропита́лище (bg) n (siropitálište)
• Burmese: မိဘမဲ့ဂေဟာ (mi.bha.mai.geha)
• Catalan: orfenat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 孤兒院 / 孤儿院 (gu¹ ji⁴ jyun^6-2)

  Mandarin: 孤兒院 / 孤儿院 (zh) (gū'éryuàn), 保育院 (zh) (bǎoyùyuàn), 兒童福利院 / 儿童福利院 (értóng fúlìyuàn), 育幼院 (zh) (yùyòuyuàn)

• Chukchi: яйваԓран (jajvaḷran)
• Czech: sirotčinec (cs) m, dětský dům m
• Danish: børnehjem n
• Dutch: weeshuis (nl) n, kindertehuis (nl) n
• Esperanto: orfejo
• Estonian: lastekodu
• Finnish: orpokoti (fi); lastenkoti (fi)
• French: orphelinat (fr) m, maison d'enfants f
• Galician: orfanato (gl) m
• Georgian: ობლების თავშესაფარი (oblebis tavšesapari), ობლობა (obloba), ობოლთა თავშესაფარი (obolta tavšesapari)
• German: Waisenhaus (de) n, Kinderheim (de) n
• Greek: ορφανοτροφείο (el) n (orfanotrofeío)

  Ancient Greek: βρεφοτροφεῖον f (brephotropheîon), ὀρφανοτροφεῖον f (orphanotropheîon)

• Greenlandic: børnehjemmi, meeqqat angerlarsimaffiat, perorsaavik
• Hebrew: בֵּית יְתוֹמִים (he) m (béit yetomím)
• Hindi: अनाथाश्रम m (anāthāśram), अनाथालय m (anāthālay), यतीमख़ाना m (yatīmxānā)
• Hungarian: árvaház (hu)
• Icelandic: munaðarleysingjahæli (is) n
• Ido: orfanerio (io)
• Indonesian: panti asuhan (id)
• Irish: dílleachtlann f
• Italian: orfanotrofio (it) m
• Japanese: 孤児院 (ja) (こじいん, kojiin)
• Kannada: ಅನಾಥಾಶ್ರಮ (kn) (anāthāśrama), ಅನಾಥಾಲಯ (kn) (anāthālaya)
• Kazakh: жетімхана (jetımxana)
• Khmer: មន្ទីរកុមារកំព្រា (mŭəntii komaa kɑmpriə), និយុវដ្ឋាន (niyuvĕəʼthaan)
• Korean: 고아원(孤兒院) (ko) (goawon), 보육원(保育院) (ko) (boyugwon)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: sêwîxane (ku)

• Kyrgyz: балдар үйү (baldar üyü), жетимкана (jetimkana)
• Lao: ໂຮງລ້ຽງເດັກກຳພອຽ (hōng līang dek kamp ʼīa), ໂຮງລ້ຽງເດັກກຳພ້າ (hōng līang dek kam phā)
• Latin: orphanotrophium n
• Latvian: bērnu nams m
• Lithuanian: našlaičių prieglauda f
• Macedonian: сиропита́лиште n (siropitálište)
• Māori: wharepani
• Marathi: अनाथाश्रम m (anāthāśram), अनाथालय m (anāthālay)
• Nahuatl:

  Classical Nahuatl: icnōpilcalli

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: barnehjem n

• Pashto: يتيمخانه f (yatimxāna)
• Persian: یَتیم‌خانِه (yatim-xâne), پَرْوَرِشْگاه (fa) (parvarešgâh)
• Plautdietsch: Weisenheim n
• Polish: sierociniec (pl) m, dom dziecka (pl) m, bidul (pl) m
• Portuguese: orfanato (pt) m
• Romanian: orfelinat (ro) n
• Russian: де́тский дом (ru) m (détskij dom), детдо́м (ru) m (detdóm), прию́т для сиро́т m (prijút dlja sirót), прию́т (ru) m (prijút), сиро́тский прию́т m (sirótskij prijút)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сѝротӣште n

  Latin: sìrotīšte (sh) n

• Slovak: detský domov m, sirotinec m
• Slovene: sirotišnica f
• Spanish: orfanato (es) m, casa cuna f, hospicio (es) m, orfelinato (es) m, orfanatorio m, casa de expósitos f, inclusa (es) f
• Swedish: barnhem (sv) n
• Tagalog: bahay-ampunan
• Tajik: сағирхона (saġirxona), ятимхона (yatimxona), парваришгоҳ (parvarišgoh)
• Tatar: балалар йорты (balalar yortı), ятимнәр йорты (yätimnär yortı)
• Telugu: అనాధశరణాలయం (anādhaśaraṇālayaṁ)
• Thai: บ้านเด็กกำพร้า (bâan-dèk-gam-práa), สถานเลี้ยงเด็กกำพร้า, สถานรับเลี้ยงเด็กกำพร้า
• Turkish: yetimhane (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: یتیمخانه (yetimhane)

• Turkmen: ýetimler öýi, ýetimhana
• Ukrainian: дитя́чий буди́нок (uk) m (dytjáčyj budýnok), сироти́нець (uk) m (syrotýnecʹ)
• Urdu: یَتِیم خانَہ m (yatīm xāna), اَناتھ آشْرَم m (anāth āśram),
• Uyghur: يېتىمخانا (yëtimxana)
• Uzbek: yetimxona (uz), bolalar uyi
• Vietnamese: trại trẻ mồ côi, cô nhi viện (vi)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “orphanage”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• harpagone