child in Arabic
طِفْل ṭifl
/tʃaɪld/
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child in Arabic: طِفْل (ṭifl), طِفْلَة (ṭifla), عيل (ʕayyel), طفل (ṭefl). In English, child means a person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
Arabic words for child
- a minor
- طِفْل ṭifl, طِفْلَة ṭifla, عيل ʕayyel, طفل ṭefl, بزر bazer, ياهل yāhil
- son or daughter; someone's child
- وَلَد walad, اِبْن ibn, اِبْنَة ibna
English meaning of child
- noun A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
- noun A youth aged 1 to 9 years, whereas neonates are aged 0 to 1 month, infants are aged 1 to 12 months, and adolescents are aged 10 to 20 years.
- noun One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.
- noun The thirteenth Lenormand card.
child in a sentence
- Go easy on him: he is but a child.
- Regular chores can be appropriate for children, given age-appropriate limits on difficulty level and time on task.
- My youngest child is forty-three this year.
Synonyms of child
child in other languages
- child in Hindi
- child in Tamil
- child in Marathi
- child in Urdu
- child in Bengali
- child in Telugu
- child in Malayalam
- child in Kannada
- child in Punjabi
- child in Gujarati
- child in Odia
- child in Sanskrit
- child in Sinhala
- child in Assamese
- child in Nepali
- child in Pashto
- child in Tagalog
- child in Malay
- child in Indonesian
- child in Persian
- child in Thai
- child in Vietnamese
- child in Myanmar
Questions about child in Arabic
- What is the meaning of child in Arabic?
- Child in Arabic is طِفْل (ṭifl), طِفْلَة (ṭifla), عيل (ʕayyel), طفل (ṭefl).
- ما معنى كلمة child؟
- Child: طِفْل (ṭifl), طِفْلَة (ṭifla), عيل (ʕayyel), طفل (ṭefl).
- What does child mean in English?
- Child means a person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: child (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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