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waif meaning in Kannada

ಅನಾಥ ಶಿಶು

/weɪf/

waif in Kannada: ಅನಾಥ ಶಿಶು, ತಬ್ಬಲಿ, ತಿರುಕ, ಬೇವಾರ್ಸಿ. In English, waif means an article of movable property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.

Kannada words for waif

ಅನಾಥ ಶಿಶು, ತಬ್ಬಲಿ, ತಿರುಕ, ಬೇವಾರ್ಸಿ, ನಿರ್ಗತಿಕ, ಅನಾಥ

English meaning of waif

  1. noun An article of movable property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.
  2. noun Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance.
  3. noun A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.
  4. noun A very thin person, especially a young one.

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Questions about waif in Kannada

What is the meaning of waif in Kannada?
Waif in Kannada is ಅನಾಥ ಶಿಶು, ತಬ್ಬಲಿ, ತಿರುಕ, ಬೇವಾರ್ಸಿ.
waif ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Waif: ಅನಾಥ ಶಿಶು, ತಬ್ಬಲಿ, ತಿರುಕ, ಬೇವಾರ್ಸಿ.
What does waif mean in English?
Waif means an article of movable property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.

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Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: waif (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: waif (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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