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Word for woman or women in other languages?

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Cailleach1 · 21/10/2020 17:27

Just that. I'd love to see the many varied words for adult homo sapiens of the female sex around the world? Many words, but only having one specific meaning.

Bean (sounds like 'ban' in English) means woman and Mná (sounds like meh-naw in English) means women in Irish.

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MrsSnitchnose · 21/10/2020 18:18

женщина *missed a letter, still learning Blush

MrsSnitchnose · 21/10/2020 18:16

женщна in Russian (pronounced zhensheena)

Natsku · 21/10/2020 18:16

Nainen in Finnish

MindYourLanguage · 21/10/2020 18:14

Femina in Latin

Clymene · 21/10/2020 18:13

Mujer is Spanish
Frau is German
Donna Italian

LisaLane · 21/10/2020 18:12

Boireannach - Scottish Gaelic for woman.

DeliciouslyFemale · 21/10/2020 18:11

Bean is Irish for woman.

baineann Is Irish for female.

DeliciouslyFemale · 21/10/2020 18:10

Bean in Irish. 😁

bellinique · 21/10/2020 18:07

Nuren in Chinese. Which seems to mean female man Hmm

EarthSight · 21/10/2020 18:04

Dynas in Northern Welsh. Merchaid would be the plural.
Menyw in Southern Welsh

'Merch' is used to but I feel it's a bit too close to 'maid'. It does not have this connotation when used in the plural for some reason.

ConfusedDotty · 21/10/2020 18:02

Kadin in Turkish

GrumpyMiddleAgedWoman · 21/10/2020 18:01

Vrou in Afrikaans.

Mosali in Sesotho (the i is pronounced as a d - mo-SA-di).

Frau in German

ComeOnBabyPopMyBubble · 21/10/2020 18:00

Femeie/Femei in Romanian.

ThatsItNow · 21/10/2020 17:57

Also Stree in Hindi.
Khatoon in Urdu.
Kudi in Punjabi.

everythingcrossed · 21/10/2020 17:49

Donna in Italian (femmina for female). I've noticed that it isn't used that much - I think it implies someone of a certain age or authority.

user1493242132 · 21/10/2020 17:36

Aurat in Hindi

BrandineDelRoy · 21/10/2020 17:35

Femme in French.