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waif meaning in Urdu

بےگھر

/weɪf/

waif in Urdu: بےگھر, مال متروکہ. 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.

Urdu words for waif

بےگھر, مال متروکہ

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 Urdu

What is the meaning of waif in Urdu?
Waif in Urdu is بےگھر, مال متروکہ.
waif کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Waif: بےگھر, مال متروکہ.
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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Urdu words from Urdu 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 Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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