How to say “daughter” in 46 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
- hija/ˈixa/ Spanish
- дочь[dot͡ɕ] Russian
- ابنة/ib.na/ Arabic
- 딸[t͈a̠ɭ] Korean
- बेटी/beː.ʈiː/ Hindi
- בת/ˈbɛtt/ Hebrew
“daughter” in Spanish: hija · German: tochter · Italian: figlia · Portuguese: filha · Korean: 딸 · Russian: дочь · Arabic: ابنة · Hindi: बेटी
It is commonest in Persian, where دختر is the 128th most used word.
Daughter in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans dogter/ˈdɔχ.tər/ #238
- Albanian bija/bija/ #1,662
- Arabic ابنة/ib.na/ #913
- Armenian դուստր/ˈdustəɾ/ #651
- Basque alaba/alaba/ #266
- Bengali কন্যা/kɔnːa/ #1,275
- Bosnian kći/kt͡ɕîː/ #1,971
- Bulgarian дъщеря[dɐʃtɛˈrʲa̟] #323
- Catalan filla[ˈfi.ʎə] #311
- Chinese 公主/kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ daughter of a monarch; princess #416
- Croatian kći/kt͡ɕîː/ #1,079
- Czech dcera[ˈt͡sɛra] #747
- Danish datter/ˈdadɐ/ #391
- Dutch dochter/ˈdɔx.tər/ #410
- English sister/ˈsɪs.tɚ/ A daughter of the same parents as another… #459
- Esperanto filino/fiˈlino/ #444
- Estonian tütar/ˈtytɑr/ #551
- Finnish tyttäreni/ˈtytːæˌrenɪ/ #1,041
- Galician filla/ˈfiʎɐ/ #382
- Georgian ქალიშვილი[kʰäliʃʷili] #1,437
- German tochter/ˈtɔx.tɐ/ #424
- Greek κορίτσι/koˈɾi.t͡si/ girl, daughter #318
- Hebrew בת/ˈbɛtt/ #345
- Hindi बेटी/beː.ʈiː/ #309
- Icelandic dóttir[ˈtouhtɪr] #1,629
- Italian figlia/ˈfiʎ.ʎa/ #394
- Korean 딸[t͈a̠ɭ] #408
- Latvian meita[ˈmɛî̯ta] #698
- Lithuanian dukra[dʊˈkrɐ] #460
- Macedonian ќерка[ˈcɛrka] #303
- Malayalam മകൾ/mɐkɐɭ/ #645
- Norwegian datteren/ˈdɑtəɳ/ #680
- Persian دختر[d̪ox.t̪ʰæɹ] #128
- Polish córka/ˈt͡sur.ka/ #850
- Portuguese filha/ˈfi.ʎɐ/ #352
- Romanian fiica/ˈfiɪka/ #522
- Russian дочь[dot͡ɕ] #525
- Serbian kći/kt͡ɕîː/ #2,126
- Slovak dcéra/t͡seːra/ #429
- Slovenian hči/xt͡ʃíː/ #377
- Spanish hija/ˈixa/ daughter; female equivalent of hijo #339
- Swedish dotter/²dɔtɛr/ a daughter #410
- Tamil மகள்/mɐɡɐɭ/ #277
- Telugu కుమార్తె/ˈkumaːrte/ #263
- Ukrainian дочка[dɔt͡ʃˈka] #1,359
- Urdu بیٹی/beː.ʈiː/ #607
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