woman (adult female human) · wife (married woman, especially in relation to her spouse) · a title of courtesy, equivalent to Mrs/Ms, which has nearly replaced Fräulein in the function of Miss
köken: From Middle High German vrouwe, from Old High German frouwa (“mistress”), from Proto-West Germanic *frauwjā, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”), giving Old English frēa (“lord, king; God, Christ; husband”), frēo (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo-, a derivation from *per- (“to go forward”). Cognate with Old Saxon frūa (hence Middle Low German vrouwe, Modern…
köken: Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾnwk'), [Manichaean needed] (bʾnwg /bānūg/), from Old Persian *bānūka-. Akin to Old Armenian բանուկան (banukan), an Iranian borrowing.
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian خانم (xānum, “madame, Mrs”), from Old Anatolian Turkish خانم (ḫānum), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kagan, thus related to хан (xan).
female equivalent of pan (“woman”) (specific female person, especially one unknown to the speaker) · female equivalent of pan (“Mrs; miss”) (title before a last name) · female equivalent of pan (“mistress, lady”) (person with power over something)
eş: kobieta
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš Proto-Iranian *gā́wšder. Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Iranian *pāna-der. Proto-Slavic *gъpanъ Proto-Slavic *gъpanьji Old Polish pani Polish pani Inherited from Old Polish pani.
Mrs (title of a married woman) · madam, ma'am (form of address for a married woman, a ranking female individual, or a not young female stranger) · lady (a respectful word for a not young woman)
köken: Feminine of dominus. If Oscan διομανας (diomanas, gen. sg.) is cognate, one can reconstruct Proto-Italic *domVnā with an uncertain second vowel; see its entry for discussion.
lady (a married adult woman) · Mrs, ma'am (a polite address of an adult women) · wife
çekim: çoğul fruer · tamlayan frues
köken: From Old Saxon frūa Cognate with German Frau (“woman”), Dutch vrouwe (“lady”), vrouw (“woman”), Old Norse freyja (“lady”), Freyja (name of goddess) (late Old Norse frúa and Swedish fru are also borrowed from Old Saxon). A feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”).
a polite term of address to the wife of a public officer holding a royal letter of appointment known as สัญญาบัตร, when the wife is without noble rank or title. · a polite term of address to a woman, especially one married or of rank or authority. · woman of high social position or economic class.
lady in a wealthy family with servants · Mrs., ma'am
çekim: çoğul zonja
köken: From *džotnja, from Proto-Albanian *dzwāptnjā, from earlier *w(i)tspátnjā, from Proto-Indo-European *wiḱ-pót-nih₂ (“clan matriarch”), from *wiḱpótis (compare Lithuanian viešpatni (“lady”)), compound of *weyḱ- (“clan, kindred”) (compare Ancient Greek οἰκία (oikía, “house (clan)”), Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬚 (viθ, “royal court”)) and *pótnih₂ (compare Ancient Greek πότνια (pótnia)), feminine of *pótis (“master”).…
köken: Etymology tree Esperanto mastro Proto-Germanic *-inī Proto-West Germanic *-ini Old High German -in Middle High German -in German -inder. Esperanto -ino Esperanto mastrino From mastro + -ino.