Definition: Waif Meaning in English to Urdu is لاوارث مال, as written in Urdu and Lawaris Maal, as written in Roman Urdu. There are many synonyms of Waif which include Castaway, Drop, Fetch, Flotsam, Foundling, Jetsam, Orphan, Ragamuffin, Stray, Urchin, Homeless One, etc.
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. Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.
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. Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.
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. A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
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How To Spell Waif
[weyf]
Origin of Waif
Late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old Northern French gaif, probably of Scandinavian origin. Early use was often in waif and stray, as a legal term denoting a piece of property found and, if unclaimed, falling to the lord of the
Urdu Meaning
Find the correct meaning of Waif in Urdu, it is important to understand the word properly when we translate it from English to Urdu.
There are always several meanings of each word in Urdu, the correct meaning of Waif in Urdu is لاوارث مال, and in roman we write it Lawaris Maal.
The other meanings are Lawaris Maal.
Waif is an noun according to parts of speech.
It finds its origins in Late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old Northern French gaif, probably of Scandinavian origin.
Early use was often in waif and stray, as a legal term denoting a piece of property found and, if unclaimed, falling to the lord of the.
There are also several similar words to Waif in our dictionary, which are Castaway, Drop, Fetch, Flotsam, Foundling, Jetsam, Orphan, Ragamuffin, Stray, Urchin and Homeless One.
Waif is spelled as [weyf].
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