“Daughter” is a term cherished across cultures, referring to a female child. Here’s how to say “daughter” in 70 different languages, demonstrating the rich linguistic diversity around the world.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Vajzë | Pronunciation: Vy-zuh
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – ابنة (Bint) | Pronunciation: Bint
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – դուստր (Dustr) | Pronunciation: Doos-tr
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Qız | Pronunciation: Giz
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Alaba | Pronunciation: A-la-ba
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Дачка (Dachka) | Pronunciation: Dah-chka
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – মেয়ে (Meye) | Pronunciation: May-eh
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Kćerka | Pronunciation: Kyer-ka
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Дъщеря (Dŭshterya) | Pronunciation: Doosh-ter-ya
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Filla | Pronunciation: Fee-ya
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Dcera | Pronunciation: Dtse-ra
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Datter | Pronunciation: Da-tter
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Dochter | Pronunciation: Dok-ter
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Daughter | Pronunciation: Daw-ter
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Tütar | Pronunciation: Tew-tar
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – دختر (Dokhtar) | Pronunciation: Dokh-tar
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Tytär | Pronunciation: Too-tar
- French (🇫🇷) – Fille | Pronunciation: Fee
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ქალიშვილი (Kalishvili) | Pronunciation: Kah-lee-shvee-lee
- German (🇩🇪) – Tochter | Pronunciation: Tohk-ter
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Κόρη (Kóri) | Pronunciation: Koh-ree
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – בת (Bat) | Pronunciation: Baht
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – बेटी (Beti) | Pronunciation: Bay-tee
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Lánya | Pronunciation: Lah-nya
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Dóttir | Pronunciation: Doht-teer
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Anak perempuan | Pronunciation: Ah-nak pe-rehm-poo-an
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Iníon | Pronunciation: Ih-neen
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Figlia | Pronunciation: Fee-lya
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 娘 (Musume) | Pronunciation: Moo-soo-meh
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Қыз (Qyz) | Pronunciation: Kiz
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – កូនស្រី (Kon srei) | Pronunciation: Kon sray
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 딸 (Ttal) | Pronunciation: Tal
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Keç | Pronunciation: Kech
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Кыз (Kyz) | Pronunciation: Kiz
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ລູກສາວ (Luk sao) | Pronunciation: Look sao
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Meita | Pronunciation: Mey-tah
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Dukra | Pronunciation: Dook-rah
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Duechter | Pronunciation: Dook-ter
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Ќерка (Kjerka) | Pronunciation: Kyer-ka
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Anak perempuan | Pronunciation: Ah-nak pe-rehm-poo-an
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Bint | Pronunciation: Bint
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 女儿 (Nǚ’ér) | Pronunciation: Nyoo-er
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – मुलगी (Mulgi) | Pronunciation: Moo-lgee
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Охин (Okhin) | Pronunciation: Oh-kheen
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – छोरी (Chhori) | Pronunciation: Chho-ree
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Datter | Pronunciation: Daht-ter
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – لور (Lor) | Pronunciation: Lor
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – دختر (Dokhtar) | Pronunciation: Dokh-tar
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Córka | Pronunciation: Tsor-ka
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Filha | Pronunciation: Fee-lya
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Fiică | Pronunciation: Fee-ka
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Дочь (Doch) | Pronunciation: Doch
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Ћерка (Ćerka) | Pronunciation: Chyer-ka
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – දුව (Duwa) | Pronunciation: Doo-wah
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Dcéra | Pronunciation: Dtsay-ra
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Hči | Pronunciation: Hchi
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Gabadh | Pronunciation: Ga-bahdh
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Hija | Pronunciation: Ee-ha
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Binti | Pronunciation: Bin-tee
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Dotter | Pronunciation: Dot-ter
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Духтар (Dukhtar) | Pronunciation: Dookh-tar
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – மகள் (Magal) | Pronunciation: Mah-gahl
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – కూతురు (Koothuru) | Pronunciation: Koo-thoo-roo
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ลูกสาว (Look sao) | Pronunciation: Look sao
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Kız | Pronunciation: Kiz
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Донька (Donka) | Pronunciation: Don-ka
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – بیٹی (Beti) | Pronunciation: Bay-tee
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Qiz | Pronunciation: Giz
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Con gái | Pronunciation: Kon gai
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Merch | Pronunciation: Merkh