English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of waif

waif

/adjective/ परित्यक्त; आवारा; बिना मालिक का; गृहहीन;
/noun/परित्यक्त बालक; आवारागर्द बच्चा; लावारिस माल; बेघर आदमी; स्वामिहीन पशु;

Synonym quitted; strolling; derelict; homeless; gamin; guttersnipe; unclaimed consignment;

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English Dictionary:

1. Waif

[n.]

- 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.
- Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.
- A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.