How to say “daughter” in 46 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.
It is commonest in Persian, where دختر is the 128th most used word.
- Afrikaans dogter #238
- Albanian bija #1,662
- Arabic ابنة #913
- Armenian դուստր #651
- Basque alaba #266
- Bengali কন্যা #1,275
- Bosnian kći #1,971
- Bulgarian дъщеря #323
- Catalan filla #311
- Chinese 公主 daughter of a monarch; princess #416
- Croatian kći #1,079
- Czech dcera #747
- Danish datter #391
- Dutch dochter #410
- English sister A daughter of the same parents as another… #459
- Esperanto filino #444
- Estonian tütar #551
- Finnish tyttäreni #1,041
- Galician filla #382
- Georgian ქალიშვილი #1,437
- German tochter #424
- Greek κορίτσι girl, daughter #318
- Hebrew בת #345
- Hindi बेटी #309
- Icelandic dóttir #1,629
- Italian figlia #394
- Korean 딸 #408
- Latvian meita #698
- Lithuanian dukra #460
- Macedonian ќерка #303
- Malayalam മകൾ #645
- Norwegian datteren #680
- Persian دختر #128
- Polish córka #850
- Portuguese filha #352
- Romanian fiica #522
- Russian дочь #525
- Serbian kći #2,126
- Slovak dcéra #429
- Slovenian hči #377
- Spanish hija daughter; female equivalent of hijo #339
- Swedish dotter a daughter #410
- Tamil மகள் #277
- Telugu కుమార్తె #263
- Ukrainian дочка #1,359
- Urdu بیٹی #607
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.