daughter

English

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Daughter

Alternative forms

douȝter (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English doughter, from Old English dōhtor, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr (compare Scots dochter, Dutch dochter, German Tochter, Swedish dotter), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (compare Ancient Greek θυγάτηρ (thugatēr), Gaulish duxtīr, Tocharian A ckācar, Tocharian B tkācer, Lithuanian duktė̃, Armenian դուստր (dustr), Persian دختر (doχtar), Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ)).

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: dôʹtər, IPA: /ˈdɔːtə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"dO:t@(r)/

Rhymes: -ɔːtə(ɹ)

(US) enPR: dô'tər, IPA: /ˈdɔ.tɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"dOt@r/
(cot–caught merger) enPR: dä'tər, IPA: /ˈdɑ.tɚ/ X-SAMPA: /"dAt@r/
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Noun

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Daughter

Wikipedia daughter (plural daughters or (archaic) daughtren)

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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Translations

female child

Abkhaz: аԥҳа (ab) (aṗẋa), (old spelling) аҧҳа (ab) (aṗẋa)
Afrikaans: dogter (af)
Akkadian: 𒌉𒊩 (mārtu, DUMU.MUNUS)
Albanian: bijë (sq) f
Amharic: ሴት ልጅ (am) (set ləj) f
Arabic: ابنة (ar) (íbna) f, بنت (ar) (bint) f
Egyptian Arabic: بنت (bent) f

Moroccan Arabic: بنت (bent) f
Aragonese: filla (an) f
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܒܪܬܐ (bartā’) f
Armenian: աղջիկ (hy) (aġǰik), դուստր (hy) (dustr)
Old Armenian: դուստր (dustr)
Aromanian: hilje (rup)
Asturian: fía (ast) f
Aymara: please add this translation if you can
Azeri: qız (az)
Bashkir: ҡыҙ (qıð)
Basque: alaba (eu)
Belarusian: дачка (be) (dačká) f
Bengali: মেয়ে (bn) (meye), বালিকা (bn) (balika)
Breton: merc'h (br) f, merc'hed (br) pl
Bulgarian: дъщеря (bg) (dǎšterjá) f
Burmese: သမီး (my) (thămi:)
Catalan: filla (ca) f
Cebuano: anak
Chechen: йоӀ (yoj)
Cherokee: ᎤᏪᏥ (chr) (uwetsi), ᎤᏪᏥ ᎠᎨᏴ (chr) (uwetsi ageyv), ᎠᏇᏥ (chr) (aquetsi), ᎠᏇᏥ ᎠᎨᏴ (chr) (aquetsi ageyv)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 女兒 (cmn), 女儿 (cmn) (nǚ'ér)

Min Nan: 查某囝 (nan) (cha-bó͘-kiáⁿ)
Chuvash: хӗр (hěr)
Coptic:
Bohairic: ϣⲉⲣⲓ (sheri) f

Sahidic: ϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ (sheere) f
Czech: dcera (cs) f
Dalmatian: felja f
Danish: datter (da) c
Dutch: dochter (nl) f
Egyptian: s3t, 𓊃𓅭𓏏 (sat) f, 𓈚𓂋𓇋𓏏𓁐 (shrit) f
Eshtehardi: تِتیَه (tetiya)
Esperanto: filino (eo)
Estonian: tütar (et)
Ewe: vinyɔnu
Faroese: dóttir (fo) f
Finnish: tytär (fi)
French: fille (fr) f
Friulian: fie f, frute f
Galician: filla (gl) f
Georgian: ქალი (ka) (k'ali), ასული (ka) (asuli)
German: Tochter (de) f
Gooniyandi: ngaliganyi
Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍂 (dauhtar) f
Greek: κόρη (el) (kóri) f
Ancient: θυγάτηρ (thugátēr) f
Greenlandic: panik (kl)
Guaraní: ajýra (gn) (tajýra/rajy/itajýra) (of a man), memby (gn) (of a woman)
Gujarati: દીકરી (gu) (dīkrī)
Hawaiian: kaikamahine
Hebrew: ברתא (he) (bartā’) f, בַּת (he) (bat) f
Hindi: बेटी (hi) (beṭī) f, लड़की (hi) (laṛkī) f, पुत्री (hi) (putrī) f
Hungarian: lány (hu)
Icelandic: dóttir (is)
Ido: filiino (io)
Ilocano: anak
Indonesian: putri (id), anak perempuan (id)
Interlingua: filia (ia)
Irish: iníon (ga) f
Old Irish: ingen f

Primitive Irish: ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena) f
Italian: figlia (it) f
Japanese: 娘 (ja) (むすめ, musume), (honorific) お嬢さん (ja) (おじょうさん, ojōsan)
Jèrriais: fil'ye f
Kannada: ಮಗಳು (kn) (magaḷu)
Kazakh: қыз (kk) (qız)
Khmer: កូនស្រី (km) (koon srǝy)

Korean: 딸 (ko) (ttal), (honorific) 따님 (ko) (ttanim)
Kyrgyz: кыз (ky) (kız)
Lao: ລູກສາວ (lo) (lûːk sǎːu)
Latgalian: meita, (folklore) mārga
Latin: filia (la) f, nata (la) f
Latvian: meita (lv) f
Lithuanian: duktė (lt) f, dukra (lt) f
Macedonian: ќерка (mk) (ḱérka) f
Malay: anak perempuan (ms), anak (ms)
Malayalam: പുത്രി (ml) (putri)
Maltese: bint (mt) f
Manx: inneen (gv) f
Marathi: मलगी (mr) (malagī) f
Mazanderani: دتر
Middle Persian: duxtar
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: охин (mn) (ohin)
Navajo: (a man's) atsiʼ, (a woman's) achʼéʼé
Neapolitan: figlia f
Northern Sami: nieida
Norwegian: datter (no)
Novial: filia
Occitan: filha (oc) f
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: дъщи (dŭšti) f

Glagolitic: ⰄⰟⰞⰕⰉ (dŭšti) f
Old English: dohtor (ang), ċild (ang)
Old Provençal: filla
Ossetian: чызг (čyzg)
Ottoman Turkish: دخت (duht), بنت (bint), دختر (duhter)
Pashto: لور (ps) (lur) f
Persian: دختر (fa) (doxtar)
Phoenician: 𐤁𐤕 (BT) f
Polish: córka (pl) f
Portuguese: filha (pt) f
Romani: shej f
Romanian: fiică (ro) f
Romansch: brit (rm) f
Russian: дочь (ru) (dočʹ) f, дочка (ru) (dóčka) f
Sanskrit: दुहितृ (sa) (duhitr̩) f
Sardinian: filla (sc) f, fiza (sc) f, fitza (sc) f
Scots: dochter
Scottish Gaelic: nighean (gd) f, (affectionate) nighneag (gd) f, nìonag (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ћерка (sh) f, кћерка (sh) f, кћи (sh) f

Roman: ćerka (sh) f, kćerka (sh) f, kći (sh) f
Sinhalese: දුව (si) (duva)
Slovak: dcéra (sk) f
Slovene: hči (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: źowka f
Spanish: hija (es) f
Sumerian: 𒌉𒊩 (TUR.SAL)
Swahili: binti (sw)
Swedish: dotter (sv) c
Tagalog: anak (tl)
Tajik: духтар (tg) (duxtar)
Talysh:
Asalemi: کلا (kəlâ)
Tamil: மகள் (ta) (makaḷ)
Taos: phȉwéna
Tatar: кыз (tt) (qız)
Telugu: కూతురు (te) (kūturu), కుమార్తె (te) (kumārte), పుత్రిక (te) (putrika), (literally: girl) అమ్మాయి (te) (ammāyi)
Thai: ลูกสาว (th) (lôok-săao)
Tocharian A: ckācar
Tocharian B: tkācer
Tupinambá: aîyra (t-, t-) (of a man), membyra (of a woman)
Turkish: kız (tr), kız evlat (tr)
Turkmen: gyz (tk), gyyz (tk)
Ukrainian: дочка (uk) (dočká) f
Urdu: لڑکی (ur) (laṛkī) f (literally, girl), بیٹی (ur) (beṭī) f, پتری (ur) (putrī) f, کڑی (ur) (kuṛī) f, دختر (ur) (duxtar) f
Uyghur: قىز (ug) (qiz)
Uzbek: qiz (uz)
Vietnamese: con gái (vi)
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Walloon: feye (wa) f, båshele (wa) f
Welsh: merch (cy) f
West Frisian: dochter (fy) c
Xhosa: intombazana (xh)
Yiddish: טאָכטער (yi) (tokhter) f
Zulu: indodakazi (zu)

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