wet nurse in Arabic
ظِئْر ẓiʔr
wet nurse in Arabic: ظِئْر (ẓiʔr), دَايَة (dāya). In English, wet nurse means a woman hired to suckle and care for another woman's child.
Arabic words for wet nurse
- woman hired to suckle another woman's child
- ظِئْر ẓiʔr, دَايَة dāya
English meaning of wet nurse
- noun A woman hired to suckle and care for another woman's child.
- noun Someone who treats someone else with excessive care.
- verb To act as a wet nurse (in either sense).
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Questions about wet nurse in Arabic
- What is the meaning of wet nurse in Arabic?
- Wet nurse in Arabic is ظِئْر (ẓiʔr), دَايَة (dāya).
- ما معنى كلمة wet nurse؟
- Wet nurse: ظِئْر (ẓiʔr), دَايَة (dāya).
- What does wet nurse mean in English?
- Wet nurse means a woman hired to suckle and care for another woman's child.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wet nurse (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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