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Etymology
OE. dohtor, from Germanic *doxt�r, from Indo-European *dʰugh�ter-. Cognates include (from Germanic) Scots dochter#Scots|dochter, Dutch dochter, German Tochter, Swedish dotter; (from IE) Russian до�� (do�), Persian FAchar|دختر (do�tar), Mycenaean Greek θ�γά�η� (thugater), Lithuanian duktẽ.

Pronunciation
AHD|dô't�r
IPA|/�d��t�(r)/
SAMPA|/"dO:t@(r)/
audio|en-us-daughter.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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1. 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".

1. A female descendant.

Translations
trans-top|female child
Afrikaans: dogter
Albanian: bijë f
Arabic: FAchar|اب�ة (íbna) f
Aramaic

Aragonese: filla f
Bosnian: �erka f, k�erka f, k�i f
Breton: merc'h f, merc'hed p
Bulgarian: д��е�� (d�šterja) f
Catalan: filla f :ca:filla|^
Chinese: 女�, 女� (n�ér)
Croatian: k�er f, k�erka f, k�i f
Czech: dcera
Danish: datter
Dutch: dochter f
Estonian: tütar
Ewe: viny�nu
Finnish: tytär
French: fille f
Galician: filla
Esperanto: filino
German: Tochter f
Greek: κ��η (kórī) f, θ�γα�έ�α (thygatéra) f
Gooniyandi: ngaliganyi
Guaraní: ajýra (tajýra/rajy/itajýra) (of a man); memby (of a woman)
Hebrew: �ת|�ַּת (bat) f
Hindi: लड़�� (la.rki) (lit. girl), ब��� (bet�ī), प�त�र� (putrī)
Hungarian: lány
Icelandic: dóttir
Indonesian: putri, anak perempuan
Interlingua: filia
Irish: iníon f2
Italian: figlia f
Japanese: Jpan|� (Jpan|���, musumé)
Korean: � (tal)
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Latin: filia f
Lithuanian: dukt� m, dukra f
Macedonian: �е�ка (kjerka)
Marathi: मल�� (malagī)
Norwegian: datter
Novial: filia
Old English: dohtor, cild|�ild
Persian: FAchar|دختر (dokhtar)
Polish: córka f
Portuguese: filha f
Romanian: fiic� f
Russian: до�� (do��) f
Scots: dochter
Scottish Gaelic: nighean f, (affectionate) nighneag/nìonag f
Serbian:

Slovak: dcéra
Slovene: h�i f
Spanish: hija f
Swahili: binti (nc 5/6)
Swedish: dotter c
Telugu: ��త�ర� (koothuru), ��మార�త� (kumaarthe), ప�త�రి� (puthrika), �మ�మాయి (ammayi) (literally, girl)
Thai: THchar|ลู�สาว (lôok s�ao)

Tupinambá: aîyra (t-, t-) (of a man); membyra (of a woman)
Turkish: kız evlat
Welsh: merch f
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Related terms
daughterling
daughter-in-law
granddaughter
great-granddaughter
stepdaughter

See also
aunt
brother
child
cousin
father
mother
son
uncle

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• 2007-12-15 22:11 - Tedius Zanarukando - /* Noun */ "Descendant" sense

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