fatherless

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From Middle English faderles, federles, from Old English fæderlēas, from Proto-Germanic *fadērlausaz, equivalent to father + -less. Cognate with German vaterlos.

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: faderløs — without a living father
• Dutch: vaderloos — without a living father
• Finnish: isätön — without a living father
• Georgian: უმამო (umamo) — without a living father
• German: vaterlos — without a living father
• Ancient Greek: ἀπάτωρ (apátōr) — without a living father
• Gujarati: નબાપું (nabāpũ) — without a living father
• Hungarian: apátlan — without a living father
• Hungarian: atyátlan — without a living father
• Ingrian: ätitöin — without a living father
• Northern Kurdish: bêbav — without a living father
• Norwegian Bokmål: farløs — without a living father
• Norwegian Bokmål: farlaus — without a living father
• Norwegian Nynorsk: farlaus — without a living father
• Polish: bez ojca — without a living father
• Sanskrit: अनाथ (anātha) — without a living father
• Swedish: faderlös — without a living father
• Telugu: తండ్రిలేని (taṇḍrilēni) — without a living father
• Turkish: babasız — without a living father
• Turkish: yetim — without a living father
• Woiwurrung: moorré — without a living father