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
- 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.
- noun Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance.
- noun A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.
- 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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