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class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kurdî</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Limburgs</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target">Malagasy</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Occitan</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oromoo</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Shqip</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target">தமிழ்</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target">తెలుగు</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target">ไทย</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" title="maiden – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="maiden" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target">اردو</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/maiden" 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title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/magaþ">*magaþ</a>, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a> <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maga%C3%BEs" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/magaþs">*magaþs</a>. Equivalent to <a href="/wiki/maid#English" title="maid">maid</a> +‎ <a href="/wiki/-en#English:_diminutive_noun" title="-en">-en</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>): /ˈmeɪdən/</li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a>):</td><td class="audiofile"><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="en-us-maiden.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/En-us-maiden.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/En-us-maiden.ogg/En-us-maiden.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-us-maiden.ogg" title="File:en-us-maiden.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Australian English phonology">General Australian</a>):</td><td class="audiofile"><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="en-au-maiden.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/En-au-maiden.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f2/En-au-maiden.ogg/En-au-maiden.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-au-maiden.ogg" title="File:en-au-maiden.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/e%C9%AAd%C9%99n" title="Rhymes:English/eɪdən">-eɪdən</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> maiden (plural <a href="/wiki/maidens#English" title="maidens">maidens</a>) <ol><li>(now chiefly <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#literary" title="Appendix:Glossary">literary</a>) A <a href="/wiki/girl" title="girl">girl</a> or an unmarried young woman.</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#archaic" title="Appendix:Glossary">archaic</a>) A female <a href="/wiki/virgin" title="virgin">virgin</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example">She's unmarried and still a maiden.</div></dd></dl></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dialectal" title="Appendix:Glossary">dialectal</a>) A man with no experience of <a href="/wiki/sex" title="sex">sex</a>, especially because of deliberate <a href="/wiki/abstention" title="abstention">abstention</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1470–1485 (date produced), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Malory" class="extiw" title="w:Thomas Malory">Thomas Malory</a>, “Capitulum Quartum”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Morte_d%27Arthur" class="extiw" title="w:Le Morte d'Arthur">[Le Morte Darthur]</a></cite>, book XI (in Middle English), [London: […] by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Caxton" class="extiw" title="w:William Caxton">William Caxton</a>], published 31 July 1485, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/71490786">→OCLC</a>, leaf 289, recto; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, <cite>Le Morte Darthur [<span title="by Syr Thomas Malory; the Original Edition of William Caxton Now Reprinted and Edited with an Introduction and Glossary by H. Oskar Sommer, Ph.D.; with an Essay on Malory’s Prose Style by Andrew Lang">…]</cite>, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nutt_(publisher)" class="extiw" title="w:David Nutt (publisher)">David Nutt</a>, […], 1889, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/890162034">→OCLC</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/acs2488.0001.002.umich.edu/page/577/mode/1up">page 577</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">As for that ſaid ſire Bors I wille be ſhryuen with a good wylle / Soo ſyr Bors was confeſſyd / and for al wymmen ſir Bors was a vyrgyne / ſauf for one / that was the doughter of kynge Brangorys / and on her he gat a child that hyghte Elayne / and ſauf for her ſyre Bors was a clene mayden […]<dl><dd>As for that, said Sir Bors, I will be <a href="/wiki/shrive#English" title="shrive">shriven</a> with a good will. So Sir Bors was confessed, and for all women Sir Bors was a virgin, save for one, that was the daughter of King Brangoris, and with her he begat a child that <a href="/wiki/hight#English" title="hight">hight</a> Elaine, and save for her Sir Bors was a clean maiden.</dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/maidservant" title="maidservant">maidservant</a>.</li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/clothes_maiden" title="clothes maiden">clothes maiden</a>.</li> <li>(now <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#rare" title="Appendix:Glossary">rare</a>) An unmarried <a href="/wiki/woman" title="woman">woman</a>, especially an older woman.</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/horse_racing" title="horse racing">horse racing</a>) A <a href="/wiki/racehorse" title="racehorse">racehorse</a> without any victory, i.e. one having a "virgin record".</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/horse_racing" title="horse racing">horse racing</a>) A horse race in which all <a href="/wiki/starter" title="starter">starters</a> are maidens.</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#historical" title="Appendix:Glossary">historical</a>) A Scottish counterpart of the <a href="/wiki/guillotine" title="guillotine">guillotine</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1832, Robert Chambers, <cite>The History of Scotland</cite>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">It had been customary during the whole civil war, to decapitate state criminals by the instrument called the maiden; but Montrose was condemned to a more ignominious death , by a gibbet thirty feet high</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/cricket" title="cricket">cricket</a>) A <a href="/wiki/maiden_over" title="maiden over">maiden over</a>.</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a>) A <a href="/wiki/machine" title="machine">machine</a> for <a href="/wiki/wash" title="wash">washing</a> <a href="/wiki/linen" title="linen">linen</a>.</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Wicca" title="Wicca">Wicca</a>) Alternative form of <a href="/wiki/Maiden#English" title="Maiden">Maiden</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Synonyms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>(unmarried (young) female): <a href="/wiki/bachelorette#English" title="bachelorette">bachelorette</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="4"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-bomb_maiden#English" title="A-bomb maiden">A-bomb maiden</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/billow_maiden#English" title="billow maiden">billow maiden</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/bondmaiden#English" title="bondmaiden">bondmaiden</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/break_one%27s_maiden#English" title="break one's maiden">break one's maiden</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/bridesmaiden#English" title="bridesmaiden">bridesmaiden</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/clothes_maiden#English" title="clothes maiden">clothes maiden</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/comely_maidens#English" title="comely maidens">comely maidens</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/gleemaiden#English" title="gleemaiden">gleemaiden</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/handmaiden#English" title="handmaiden">handmaiden</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_maiden#English" title="Hiroshima maiden">Hiroshima maiden</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/ice_maiden#English" title="ice maiden">ice maiden</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/iron_maiden#English" title="iron maiden">iron maiden</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Maiden#English" title="Maiden">Maiden</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maiden-auntishness#English" title="maiden-auntishness">maiden-auntishness</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Maiden_Bradley#English" title="Maiden Bradley">Maiden Bradley</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maidenhair#English" title="maidenhair">maidenhair</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Maidenhead#English" title="Maidenhead">Maidenhead</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maidenhead#English" title="maidenhead">maidenhead</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maidenhood#English" title="maidenhood">maidenhood</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maidenish#English" title="maidenish">maidenish</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maidenlike#English" title="maidenlike">maidenlike</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maidenliness#English" title="maidenliness">maidenliness</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maidenly#English" title="maidenly">maidenly</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Maiden_Newton#English" title="Maiden Newton">Maiden Newton</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maiden_of_honor#English" title="maiden of honor">maiden of honor</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maidenry#English" title="maidenry">maidenry</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maidenship#English" title="maidenship">maidenship</a></li><li><a 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Armenian: <a href="/wiki/%D6%85%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A4#Armenian" title="օրիորդ">օրիորդ</a> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D6%85%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A4" class="extiw" title="hy:օրիորդ">(hy)</a> (ōriord)</li> <li>Belarusian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0#Belarusian" title="панна">па́нна</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (pánna), <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%8F%D1%9E%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B0#Belarusian" title="дзяўчына">дзяўчы́на</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (dzjaŭčýna), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="дзева (page does not exist)">дзе́ва</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (dzjéva)</li> <li>Breton: <a href="/wiki/merc%27h#Breton" title="merc'h">merc'h</a> <a href="https://br.wiktionary.org/wiki/merc%27h" class="extiw" title="br:merc'h">(br)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/plac%27h#Breton" title="plac'h">plac'h</a> <a href="https://br.wiktionary.org/wiki/plac%27h" class="extiw" title="br:plac'h">(br)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Bulgarian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0#Bulgarian" title="госпожица">госпо́жица</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="bg:госпожица">(bg)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (gospóžica), <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0#Bulgarian" title="девойка">дево́йка</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="bg:девойка">(bg)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (devójka), <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0#Bulgarian" title="девица">деви́ца</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="bg:девица">(bg)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (devíca), <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5#Bulgarian" title="момиче">момиче́</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="bg:момиче">(bg)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (momičé), <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0#Bulgarian" title="мома">мома́</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="bg:мома">(bg)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (momá)</li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <a href="/wiki/%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3#Mandarin" title="少女">少女</a> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3" class="extiw" title="zh:少女">(zh)</a> (shàonǚ)</dd></dl></li> <li>Cornish: <a href="/wiki/maghteth#Cornish" title="maghteth">maghteth</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Czech: <a href="/wiki/panna#Czech" title="panna">panna</a> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/panna" class="extiw" title="cs:panna">(cs)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/sle%C4%8Dna#Czech" title="slečna">slečna</a> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/sle%C4%8Dna" class="extiw" title="cs:slečna">(cs)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/d%C4%9Bv%C4%8De#Czech" title="děvče">děvče</a> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/d%C4%9Bv%C4%8De" class="extiw" title="cs:děvče">(cs)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></li> <li>Danish: <a href="/wiki/jomfru#Danish" title="jomfru">jomfru</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></li> <li>Dutch: <a href="/wiki/juffrouw#Dutch" title="juffrouw">juffrouw</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/juffrouw" class="extiw" title="nl:juffrouw">(nl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, (poetic) <a href="/wiki/maagd#Dutch" title="maagd">maagd</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/maagd" class="extiw" title="nl:maagd">(nl)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/meisje#Dutch" title="meisje">meisje</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/meisje" class="extiw" title="nl:meisje">(nl)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/jongedame#Dutch" title="jongedame">jongedame</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/jongedame" class="extiw" title="nl:jongedame">(nl)</a>, <a href="/wiki/vrijster#Dutch" title="vrijster">vrijster</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/vrijster" class="extiw" title="nl:vrijster">(nl)</a></li> <li>Esperanto: <a href="/wiki/fra%C5%ADlino#Esperanto" title="fraŭlino">fraŭlino</a> <a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/fra%C5%ADlino" class="extiw" title="eo:fraŭlino">(eo)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Etruscan: <a href="/wiki/%F0%90%8C%9A%F0%90%8C%80%F0%90%8C%93%F0%90%8C%88%F0%90%8C%80%F0%90%8C%8D%F0%90%8C%80#Etruscan" title="𐌚𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌍𐌀">𐌚𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌍𐌀</a> class <abbr class="noun-class" title="noun class animate">animate</abbr> (farθana), <a href="/wiki/%F0%90%8C%9A%F0%90%8C%80%F0%90%8C%93%F0%90%8C%88%F0%90%8C%8D%F0%90%8C%84#Etruscan" title="𐌚𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌍𐌄">𐌚𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌍𐌄</a> class <abbr class="noun-class" title="noun class animate">animate</abbr> (farθne)</li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/neiti#Finnish" title="neiti">neiti</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/neiti" class="extiw" title="fi:neiti">(fi)</a>, <a href="/wiki/neito#Finnish" title="neito">neito</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/neito" class="extiw" title="fi:neito">(fi)</a></li> <li>French: <a href="/wiki/jeune_fille#French" title="jeune fille">jeune fille</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/jeune_fille" class="extiw" title="fr:jeune fille">(fr)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/jeune_femme#French" title="jeune femme">jeune femme</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/jeune_femme" class="extiw" title="fr:jeune femme">(fr)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/demoiselle#French" title="demoiselle">demoiselle</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/demoiselle" class="extiw" title="fr:demoiselle">(fr)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/pucelle#French" title="pucelle">pucelle</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/pucelle" class="extiw" title="fr:pucelle">(fr)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (informal or dated)</li> <li>Galician: <a href="/wiki/doncela#Galician" title="doncela">doncela</a> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/doncela" class="extiw" title="gl:doncela">(gl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (dated), <a href="/wiki/moza#Galician" title="moza">moza</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Georgian: <a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="ქალიშვილი">ქალიშვილი</a> <a href="https://ka.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" class="extiw" title="ka:ქალიშვილი">(ka)</a> (kališvili), <a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%AC%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="ქალწული">ქალწული</a> (kalc̣uli)</li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/Jungfrau#German" title="Jungfrau">Jungfrau</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jungfrau" class="extiw" title="de:Jungfrau">(de)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (virgin), <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A4dchen#German" title="Mädchen">Mädchen</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/M%C3%A4dchen" class="extiw" title="de:Mädchen">(de)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/Maid#German" title="Maid">Maid</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maid" class="extiw" title="de:Maid">(de)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (dated or poetic)</li> <li>Gothic: <a href="/wiki/%F0%90%8C%BC%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%B2%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%B8%F0%90%8D%83#Gothic" title="𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃">𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (<a href="/wiki/maga%C3%BEs#Gothic" title="magaþs">magaþs</a>), <a href="/wiki/%F0%90%8C%BC%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8D%85%F0%90%8C%B9%F0%90%8C%BB%F0%90%8D%89#Gothic" title="𐌼𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍉">𐌼𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍉</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (<a href="/wiki/mawilo#Gothic" title="mawilo">mawilō</a>)</li> <li>Greek: <a href="/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B9#Greek" title="κορίτσι">κορίτσι</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B9" class="extiw" title="el:κορίτσι">(el)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr> (korítsi) (virgin), <a href="/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B1#Greek" title="κοπέλα">κοπέλα</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B1" class="extiw" title="el:κοπέλα">(el)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (kopéla) <dl><dd>Ancient: <a href="/wiki/%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B7#Ancient_Greek" title="κόρη">κόρη</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (kórē)</dd></dl></li> <li>Hebrew: <a href="/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%94#Hebrew" title="עלמה">עלמה</a> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%94" class="extiw" title="he:עלמה">(he)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (almá)</li> <li>Higaonon: <a href="/wiki/laga#Higaonon" title="laga">laga</a></li> <li>Hindi: <a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80#Hindi" title="युवती">युवती</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (yuvtī), <a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80#Hindi" title="लड़की">लड़की</a> <a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80" class="extiw" title="hi:लड़की">(hi)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (laṛkī)</li> <li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/le%C3%A1ny#Hungarian" title="leány">leány</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/le%C3%A1ny" class="extiw" title="hu:leány">(hu)</a></li> <li>Ido: <a href="/wiki/damzelo#Ido" title="damzelo">damzelo</a> <a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/damzelo" class="extiw" title="io:damzelo">(io)</a></li> <li>Indonesian: <a href="/wiki/gadis#Indonesian" title="gadis">gadis</a> <a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/gadis" class="extiw" title="id:gadis">(id)</a></li> <li>Irish: <a href="/wiki/maighdean#Irish" title="maighdean">maighdean</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> <a href="/wiki/ainnir#Irish" title="ainnir">ainnir</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/bruinneall#Irish" title="bruinneall">bruinneall</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/b%C3%A9#Irish" title="bé">bé</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (literary)</li> <li>Italian: <a href="/wiki/pulzella#Italian" title="pulzella">pulzella</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/pulzella" class="extiw" title="it:pulzella">(it)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/ragazza#Italian" title="ragazza">ragazza</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/ragazza" class="extiw" title="it:ragazza">(it)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Japanese: <a href="/wiki/%E5%87%A6%E5%A5%B3#Japanese" title="処女">処女</a> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%87%A6%E5%A5%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:処女">(ja)</a> (しょじょ, shojo), <a href="/wiki/%E5%87%A6%E5%AD%90#Japanese" title="処子">処子</a> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%87%A6%E5%AD%90" class="extiw" title="ja:処子">(ja)</a> (しょし, shoshi) <a href="/wiki/%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3#Japanese" title="少女">少女</a> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:少女">(ja)</a> (しょうじょ, shōjo)</li> <li>Korean: <a href="/wiki/%EC%B2%98%EB%85%80#Korean" title="처녀">처녀(處女)</a> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%B2%98%EB%85%80" class="extiw" title="ko:처녀">(ko)</a> (cheonyeo), <a href="/wiki/%EC%B2%98%EC%9E%90#Korean" title="처자">처자(處子)</a> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%B2%98%EC%9E%90" class="extiw" title="ko:처자">(ko)</a> (cheoja), <a href="/wiki/%EC%95%84%EA%B0%80%EC%94%A8#Korean" title="아가씨">아가씨</a> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EA%B0%80%EC%94%A8" class="extiw" title="ko:아가씨">(ko)</a> (agassi)</li> <li>Macedonian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%98%D0%BA%D0%B0#Macedonian" title="девојка">де́војка</a> <a href="https://mk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%98%D0%BA%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="mk:девојка">(mk)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (dévojka), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="моминско (page does not exist)">мо́минско</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr> (móminsko)</li> <li>Malay: <a href="/w/index.php?title=anak_dara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="anak dara (page does not exist)">anak dara</a> <a href="https://ms.wiktionary.org/wiki/anak_dara" class="extiw" title="ms:anak dara">(ms)</a></li> <li>Maori: <a href="/w/index.php?title=k%C5%8Dhine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kōhine (page does not exist)">kōhine</a></li> <li>Navajo: <a href="/wiki/ch%CA%BCik%C4%99%CC%81%C4%99%CC%81h#Navajo" title="chʼikę́ę́h">chʼikę́ę́h</a></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <a href="/wiki/jomfru#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="jomfru">jomfru</a> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/jomfru" class="extiw" title="no:jomfru">(no)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Old Church Slavonic: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D1%A3%D0%B2%D0%B0#Old_Church_Slavonic" title="дѣва">дѣва</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (děva), <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D1%A3%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0#Old_Church_Slavonic" title="дѣвица">дѣвица</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (děvica)</dd> <dd>Glagolitic: <a href="/wiki/%E2%B0%B4%E2%B1%91%E2%B0%B2%E2%B0%B0#Old_Church_Slavonic" title="ⰴⱑⰲⰰ">ⰴⱑⰲⰰ</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (děva), <a href="/wiki/%E2%B0%B4%E2%B1%91%E2%B0%B2%E2%B0%B9%E2%B1%8C%E2%B0%B0#Old_Church_Slavonic" title="ⰴⱑⰲⰹⱌⰰ">ⰴⱑⰲⰹⱌⰰ</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (děvica)</dd></dl></li> <li>Old Czech: <a href="/wiki/dievka#Old_Czech" title="dievka">dievka</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Old East Slavic: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D1%A3%D0%B2%D0%B0#Old_East_Slavic" title="дѣва">дѣва</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (děva), <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D1%A3%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0#Old_East_Slavic" title="дѣвица">дѣвица</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (děvica), <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0#Old_East_Slavic" title="дивица">дивица</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (divica)</li> <li>Old English: <a href="/wiki/m%C3%A6g%C3%BE#Old_English" title="mægþ">mǣġþ</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/m%C3%A6gden#Old_English" title="mægden">mǣġden</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/m%C3%A6gdencild#Old_English" title="mægdencild">mǣġdenċild</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></li> <li>Old Occitan: <a href="/wiki/donzella#Old_Occitan" title="donzella">donzella</a></li> <li>Persian: <a href="/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%87#Persian" title="دوشیزه">دوشیزه</a> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%87" class="extiw" title="fa:دوشیزه">(fa)</a> (dušize)</li> <li>Polish: <a href="/wiki/panna#Polish" title="panna">panna</a> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/panna" class="extiw" title="pl:panna">(pl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/dziewczyna#Polish" title="dziewczyna">dziewczyna</a> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/dziewczyna" class="extiw" title="pl:dziewczyna">(pl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Portuguese: <a href="/wiki/donzela#Portuguese" title="donzela">donzela</a> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/donzela" class="extiw" title="pt:donzela">(pt)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/senhorita#Portuguese" title="senhorita">senhorita</a> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/senhorita" class="extiw" title="pt:senhorita">(pt)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Romanian: <a href="/wiki/domni%C8%99oar%C4%83#Romanian" title="domnișoară">domnișoară</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/domni%C8%99oar%C4%83" class="extiw" title="ro:domnișoară">(ro)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/fecioar%C4%83#Romanian" title="fecioară">fecioară</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/fecioar%C4%83" class="extiw" title="ro:fecioară">(ro)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Russian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0#Russian" title="девушка">де́вушка</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:девушка">(ru)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (dévuška), <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0#Russian" title="девица">деви́ца</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:девица">(ru)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (devíca), <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0#Russian" title="дева">де́ва</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:дева">(ru)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (déva)</li> <li>Scottish Gaelic: <a href="/wiki/maighdeann#Scottish_Gaelic" title="maighdeann">maighdeann</a> <a href="https://gd.wiktionary.org/wiki/maighdeann" class="extiw" title="gd:maighdeann">(gd)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/ainnir#Scottish_Gaelic" title="ainnir">ainnir</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, (poetic) <a href="/wiki/r%C3%ACbhinn#Scottish_Gaelic" title="rìbhinn">rìbhinn</a> <a href="https://gd.wiktionary.org/wiki/r%C3%ACbhinn" class="extiw" title="gd:rìbhinn">(gd)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/nighean#Scottish_Gaelic" title="nighean">nighean</a> <a href="https://gd.wiktionary.org/wiki/nighean" class="extiw" title="gd:nighean">(gd)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%B2igh#Scottish_Gaelic" title="òigh">òigh</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/gruagach#Scottish_Gaelic" title="gruagach">gruagach</a> <a href="https://gd.wiktionary.org/wiki/gruagach" class="extiw" title="gd:gruagach">(gd)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%98%D0%BA%D0%B0#Serbo-Croatian" title="девојка">дѐво̄јка</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%98%D0%BA%D0%B0#Serbo-Croatian" title="дјевојка">дјѐво̄јка</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd> <dd>Roman: <a href="/wiki/devojka#Serbo-Croatian" title="devojka">dèvōjka</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/devojka" class="extiw" title="sh:devojka">(sh)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/djevojka#Serbo-Croatian" title="djevojka">djèvōjka</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/djevojka" class="extiw" title="sh:djevojka">(sh)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Slovak: <a href="/wiki/panna#Slovak" title="panna">panna</a> <a href="https://sk.wiktionary.org/wiki/panna" class="extiw" title="sk:panna">(sk)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/deva#Slovak" title="deva">deva</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/diev%C4%8Da#Slovak" title="dievča">dievča</a> <a href="https://sk.wiktionary.org/wiki/diev%C4%8Da" class="extiw" title="sk:dievča">(sk)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Slovene: <a href="/wiki/devica#Slovene" title="devica">devica</a> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/devica" class="extiw" title="sl:devica">(sl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/dekle#Slovene" title="dekle">dekle</a> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/dekle" class="extiw" title="sl:dekle">(sl)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></li> <li>Spanish: <a href="/wiki/doncella#Spanish" title="doncella">doncella</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/doncella" class="extiw" title="es:doncella">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (dated), <a href="/wiki/se%C3%B1orita#Spanish" title="señorita">señorita</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/se%C3%B1orita" class="extiw" title="es:señorita">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Swedish: <a href="/wiki/jungfru#Swedish" title="jungfru">jungfru</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/jungfru" class="extiw" title="sv:jungfru">(sv)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></li> <li>Tagalog: <a href="/wiki/dalaga#Tagalog" title="dalaga">dalaga</a></li> <li>Taos: <a href="/wiki/kw%C9%99%CC%81lena#Taos" title="kwə́lena">kwə́lena</a></li> <li>Tetum: <a href="/w/index.php?title=feto-raan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="feto-raan (page does not exist)">feto-raan</a></li> <li>Ukrainian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="діва (page does not exist)">ді́ва</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (díva), <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0#Ukrainian" title="дівчина">дівчи́на</a> <a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="uk:дівчина">(uk)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (divčýna), <a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0#Ukrainian" title="панна">па́нна</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (pánna)</li> <li>Vietnamese: <a href="/wiki/thi%E1%BA%BFu_n%E1%BB%AF#Vietnamese" title="thiếu nữ">thiếu nữ</a> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/thi%E1%BA%BFu_n%E1%BB%AF" class="extiw" title="vi:thiếu nữ">(vi)</a></li> <li>Welsh: <a href="/wiki/merch#Welsh" title="merch">merch</a> <a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/merch" class="extiw" title="cy:merch">(cy)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/rhiain#Welsh" title="rhiain">rhiain</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/morwyn#Welsh" title="morwyn">morwyn</a> <a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/morwyn" class="extiw" title="cy:morwyn">(cy)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/geneth#Welsh" title="geneth">geneth</a> <a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/geneth" class="extiw" title="cy:geneth">(cy)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Yiddish: <a href="/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%99%D7%93#Yiddish" title="מויד">מויד</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (moyd), <a href="/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93%D7%9C#Yiddish" title="מיידל">מיידל</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr> (meydl)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-female_virgin"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">female virgin</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="female virgin"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <a href="/wiki/maagd#Afrikaans" title="maagd">maagd</a></li> <li>Albanian: <a href="/wiki/virgj%C3%ABresh%C3%AB#Albanian" title="virgjëreshë">virgjëreshë</a> <a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/virgj%C3%ABresh%C3%AB" class="extiw" title="sq:virgjëreshë">(sq)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Arabic: <a href="/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%B1#Arabic" title="بكر">بِكْر</a> <a href="https://ar.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%B1" class="extiw" title="ar:بكر">(ar)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (bikr), <a href="/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1#Arabic" title="عذراء">عَذْرَاء</a> <a href="https://ar.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1" class="extiw" title="ar:عذراء">(ar)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (ʕaḏrāʔ)</li> <li>Armenian: <a href="/wiki/%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B5%D5%BD#Armenian" title="կույս">կույս</a> (kuys)</li> <li>Azerbaijani: <a href="/wiki/bakir%C9%99#Azerbaijani" title="bakirə">bakirə</a></li> <li>Belarusian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%86%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="нявінніца (page does not exist)">няві́нніца</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (njavínnica)</li> <li>Bulgarian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="девственица (page does not exist)">де́вственица</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="bg:девственица">(bg)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (dévstvenica), <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0#Bulgarian" title="девица">деви́ца</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="bg:девица">(bg)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (devíca)</li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <a href="/wiki/%E8%99%95%E5%A5%B3#Mandarin" title="處女">處女</a>／<a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%84%E5%A5%B3#Mandarin" title="处女">处女</a> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%99%95%E5%A5%B3" class="extiw" title="zh:處女">(zh)</a> (chǔnǚ), <a href="/wiki/%E8%99%95%E5%AD%90#Mandarin" title="處子">處子</a>／<a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%84%E5%AD%90#Mandarin" title="处子">处子</a> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%99%95%E5%AD%90" class="extiw" title="zh:處子">(zh)</a> (chǔzǐ)</dd></dl></li> <li>Cornish: <a href="/wiki/maghteth#Cornish" title="maghteth">maghteth</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Czech: <a href="/wiki/panna#Czech" title="panna">panna</a> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/panna" class="extiw" title="cs:panna">(cs)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Dutch: <a href="/wiki/maagd#Dutch" title="maagd">maagd</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/maagd" class="extiw" title="nl:maagd">(nl)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Estonian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=neitsi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="neitsi (page does not exist)">neitsi</a> <a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/neitsi" class="extiw" title="et:neitsi">(et)</a></li> <li>Etruscan: <a href="/wiki/%F0%90%8C%9A%F0%90%8C%80%F0%90%8C%93%F0%90%8C%88%F0%90%8C%80%F0%90%8C%8D%F0%90%8C%80#Etruscan" title="𐌚𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌍𐌀">𐌚𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌍𐌀</a> class <abbr class="noun-class" title="noun class animate">animate</abbr> (farθana), <a href="/wiki/%F0%90%8C%9A%F0%90%8C%80%F0%90%8C%93%F0%90%8C%88%F0%90%8C%8D%F0%90%8C%84#Etruscan" title="𐌚𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌍𐌄">𐌚𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌍𐌄</a> class <abbr class="noun-class" title="noun class animate">animate</abbr> (farθne)</li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/neitsyt#Finnish" title="neitsyt">neitsyt</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/neitsyt" class="extiw" title="fi:neitsyt">(fi)</a>, (archaic, poetic) <a href="/wiki/impi#Finnish" title="impi">impi</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/impi" class="extiw" title="fi:impi">(fi)</a></li> <li>French: <a href="/wiki/vierge#French" title="vierge">vierge</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/vierge" class="extiw" title="fr:vierge">(fr)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/pucelle#French" title="pucelle">pucelle</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/pucelle" class="extiw" title="fr:pucelle">(fr)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (informal)</li> <li>Galician: <a href="/wiki/doncela#Galician" title="doncela">doncela</a> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/doncela" class="extiw" title="gl:doncela">(gl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/virxe#Galician" title="virxe">virxe</a> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/virxe" class="extiw" title="gl:virxe">(gl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Georgian: <a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%AC%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="ქალწული">ქალწული</a> (kalc̣uli), <a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="ქალიშვილი">ქალიშვილი</a> <a href="https://ka.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" class="extiw" title="ka:ქალიშვილი">(ka)</a> (kališvili), <a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D#Georgian" title="უმანკო">უმანკო</a> (umanḳo), <a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A3%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%AC%E1%83%9D#Georgian" title="უბიწო">უბიწო</a> (ubic̣o)</li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/Jungfrau#German" title="Jungfrau">Jungfrau</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jungfrau" class="extiw" title="de:Jungfrau">(de)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Gothic: <a href="/wiki/%F0%90%8C%BC%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%B2%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%B8%F0%90%8D%83#Gothic" title="𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃">𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (<a href="/wiki/maga%C3%BEs#Gothic" title="magaþs">magaþs</a>)</li> <li>Greek: <a href="/wiki/%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B8%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B1#Greek" title="παρθένα">παρθένα</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B8%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B1" class="extiw" title="el:παρθένα">(el)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (parthéna) <dl><dd>Ancient: <a href="/wiki/%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B8%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" title="παρθένος">παρθένος</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (parthénos)</dd></dl></li> <li>Hebrew: <a href="/wiki/%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94#Hebrew" title="בתולה">בְּתוּלָה</a> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94" class="extiw" title="he:בתולה">(he)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (betulá)</li> <li>Hindi: <a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80#Hindi" title="कुँआरी">कुँआरी</a> (kũārī), <a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80#Hindi" title="कुंवारी">कुंवारी</a> (kumvārī)</li> <li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/sz%C5%B1z#Hungarian" title="szűz">szűz</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/sz%C5%B1z" class="extiw" title="hu:szűz">(hu)</a></li> <li>Indonesian: <a href="/wiki/perawan#Indonesian" title="perawan">perawan</a> <a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/perawan" class="extiw" title="id:perawan">(id)</a></li> <li>Irish: <a href="/wiki/maighdean#Irish" title="maighdean">maighdean</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Italian: <a href="/wiki/nubile#Italian" title="nubile">nubile</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/nubile" class="extiw" title="it:nubile">(it)</a></li> <li>Japanese: <a href="/wiki/%E5%87%A6%E5%A5%B3#Japanese" title="処女">処女</a> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%87%A6%E5%A5%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:処女">(ja)</a> (しょじょ, shojo), <a href="/wiki/%E5%87%A6%E5%AD%90#Japanese" title="処子">処子</a> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%87%A6%E5%AD%90" class="extiw" title="ja:処子">(ja)</a> (しょし, shoshi)</li> <li>Korean: <a href="/wiki/%EC%B2%98%EB%85%80#Korean" title="처녀">처녀(處女)</a> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%B2%98%EB%85%80" class="extiw" title="ko:처녀">(ko)</a> (cheonyeo), <a href="/wiki/%EC%B2%98%EC%9E%90#Korean" title="처자">처자(處子)</a> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%B2%98%EC%9E%90" class="extiw" title="ko:처자">(ko)</a> (cheoja), <a href="/wiki/%EC%95%84%EA%B0%80%EC%94%A8#Korean" title="아가씨">아가씨</a> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EA%B0%80%EC%94%A8" class="extiw" title="ko:아가씨">(ko)</a> (agassi)</li> <li>Latin: <a href="/wiki/virgo#Latin" title="virgo">virgo</a> <a href="https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/virgo" class="extiw" title="la:virgo">(la)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Latvian: <a href="/wiki/jaunava#Latvian" title="jaunava">jaunava</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Lithuanian: <a href="/wiki/mergel%C4%97#Lithuanian" title="mergelė">mergelė</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Macedonian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0#Macedonian" title="девица">де́вица</a> <a href="https://mk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="mk:девица">(mk)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (dévica)</li> <li>Navajo: <a href="/wiki/ch%CA%BCik%C4%99%CC%81%C4%99%CC%81h#Navajo" title="chʼikę́ę́h">chʼikę́ę́h</a></li> <li>Ngazidja Comorian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=mwana_mwari&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mwana mwari (page does not exist)">mwana mwari</a> class <abbr class="noun-class" title="noun class 1">1</abbr>/<abbr class="noun-class" title="noun class 2">2</abbr></li> <li>Persian: <a href="/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%87#Persian" title="باکره">باکره</a> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%87" class="extiw" title="fa:باکره">(fa)</a> (bâkere)</li> <li>Polish: <a href="/wiki/dziewica#Polish" title="dziewica">dziewica</a> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/dziewica" class="extiw" title="pl:dziewica">(pl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Portuguese: <a href="/wiki/virgem#Portuguese" title="virgem">virgem</a> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/virgem" class="extiw" title="pt:virgem">(pt)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Russian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0#Russian" title="девственница">де́вственница</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:девственница">(ru)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (dévstvennica), <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0#Russian" title="девица">деви́ца</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:девица">(ru)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (devíca) (dated in this sense), <a href="/wiki/%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0#Russian" title="целка">це́лка</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:целка">(ru)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (célka) (vulgar)</li> <li>Scottish Gaelic: <a href="/wiki/maighdeann#Scottish_Gaelic" title="maighdeann">maighdeann</a> <a href="https://gd.wiktionary.org/wiki/maighdeann" class="extiw" title="gd:maighdeann">(gd)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%B2igh#Scottish_Gaelic" title="òigh">òigh</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/ainnir#Scottish_Gaelic" title="ainnir">ainnir</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0#Serbo-Croatian" title="девица">дѐвица</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0#Serbo-Croatian" title="дјевица">дјѐвица</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd> <dd>Roman: <a href="/wiki/devica#Serbo-Croatian" title="devica">dèvica</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/devica" class="extiw" title="sh:devica">(sh)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/djevica#Serbo-Croatian" title="djevica">djèvica</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/djevica" class="extiw" title="sh:djevica">(sh)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Slovak: <a href="/wiki/panna#Slovak" title="panna">panna</a> <a href="https://sk.wiktionary.org/wiki/panna" class="extiw" title="sk:panna">(sk)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Slovene: <a href="/wiki/devica#Slovene" title="devica">devica</a> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/devica" class="extiw" title="sl:devica">(sl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Spanish: <a href="/wiki/doncella#Spanish" title="doncella">doncella</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/doncella" class="extiw" title="es:doncella">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Swedish: <a href="/wiki/jungfru#Swedish" title="jungfru">jungfru</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/jungfru" class="extiw" title="sv:jungfru">(sv)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/oskuld#Swedish" title="oskuld">oskuld</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/oskuld" class="extiw" title="sv:oskuld">(sv)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></li> <li>Thai: <a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%8C#Thai" title="บริสุทธิ์">บริสุทธิ์</a> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%8C" class="extiw" title="th:บริสุทธิ์">(th)</a> (bɔɔ-rí-sùt)</li> <li>Turkish: <a href="/wiki/bakire#Turkish" title="bakire">bakire</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/bakire" class="extiw" title="tr:bakire">(tr)</a></li> <li>Ukrainian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="незаймана (page does not exist)">неза́ймана</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (nezájmana), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="діва (page does not exist)">ді́ва</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (díva)</li> <li>Vietnamese: <a href="/w/index.php?title=g%C3%A1i_trinh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="gái trinh (page does not exist)">gái trinh</a>, <a href="/wiki/trinh_n%E1%BB%AF#Vietnamese" title="trinh nữ">trinh nữ</a> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/trinh_n%E1%BB%AF" class="extiw" title="vi:trinh nữ">(vi)</a></li> <li>Yiddish: <a href="/wiki/%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94#Yiddish" title="בתולה">בתולה</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (bsule)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-rack_for_drying_clothes"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">rack for drying clothes — see <a href="/wiki/clotheshorse#Translations" title="clotheshorse">clotheshorse</a></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-(cricket)_a_maiden_over"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">(cricket) a maiden over</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="(cricket) a maiden over"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="checktrans"> <dl><dd>The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Entry_layout#Translations" title="Wiktionary:Entry layout">Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations</a>.</dd></dl> </div> <div class="NavFrame"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">Translations to be checked</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="Translations to be checked"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Interlingua: (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/w/index.php?title=senioretta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="senioretta (page does not exist)">senioretta</a></li> <li>Italian: (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/wiki/signorina#Italian" title="signorina">signorina</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/signorina" class="extiw" title="it:signorina">(it)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/wiki/vergine#Italian" title="vergine">vergine</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/vergine" class="extiw" title="it:vergine">(it)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Romanian: (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/wiki/domni%C8%99oar%C4%83#Romanian" title="domnișoară">domnișoară</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/domni%C8%99oar%C4%83" class="extiw" title="ro:domnișoară">(ro)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0#Serbo-Croatian" title="дева">де́ва</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0#Serbo-Croatian" title="дјева">дје́ва</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="младица (page does not exist)">мла̀дица</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0#Serbo-Croatian" title="мома">мо́ма</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd> <dd>Roman: (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/wiki/deva#Serbo-Croatian" title="deva">déva</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/deva" class="extiw" title="sh:deva">(sh)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/wiki/djeva#Serbo-Croatian" title="djeva">djéva</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/djeva" class="extiw" title="sh:djeva">(sh)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/w/index.php?title=mladica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mladica (page does not exist)">mlàdica</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/mladica" class="extiw" title="sh:mladica">(sh)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/wiki/moma#Serbo-Croatian" title="moma">móma</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/moma" class="extiw" title="sh:moma">(sh)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/w/index.php?title=mladojka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mladojka (page does not exist)">mladojka</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Slovak: (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/wiki/deva#Slovak" title="deva">deva</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Spanish: (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/wiki/doncella#Spanish" title="doncella">doncella</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/doncella" class="extiw" title="es:doncella">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Welsh: (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/w/index.php?title=llancesig&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="llancesig (page does not exist)">llancesig</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/wiki/morwyn#Welsh" title="morwyn">morwyn</a> <a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/morwyn" class="extiw" title="cy:morwyn">(cy)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/wiki/merch#Welsh" title="merch">merch</a> <a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/merch" class="extiw" title="cy:merch">(cy)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/w/index.php?title=morwynig&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="morwynig (page does not exist)">morwynig</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/wiki/rhiain#Welsh" title="rhiain">rhiain</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective">Adjective</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Adjective">edit</a>]</div> maiden (not <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparable" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparable</a>) <ol><li><a href="/wiki/virgin" title="virgin">Virgin</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1857–1859, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Makepeace_Thackeray" class="extiw" title="w:William Makepeace Thackeray">W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virginians" class="extiw" title="w:The Virginians">The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century</a></cite>, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradbury_and_Evans" class="extiw" title="w:Bradbury and Evans">Bradbury & Evans</a>, […], published 1858–1859, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1061908157">→OCLC</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">a surprising old maiden lady</div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole">1859, Charles Dickens, <cite>The Haunted House</cite>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">It was just the middle of October when I moved in with my maiden sister […]</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>(of a female, human or animal) Without <a href="/wiki/offspring" title="offspring">offspring</a>.</li> <li>Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#c." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr></a> 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream" class="extiw" title="w:A Midsummer Night's Dream">A Midsommer Nights Dreame</a>”, in <cite>Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies</cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" class="extiw" title="w:First Folio">First Folio</a>), London: […] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jaggard" class="extiw" title="w:William Jaggard">Isaac Iaggard</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed[ward] Blount</a>, published 1623, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/606515358">→OCLC</a>, [Act III, scene ii], <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mrvvilliamshakes00shak/page/n178/mode/1up">page 155</a>, column 2:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Haue you no modeſty, no maiden ſhame, / No touch of baſhfulneſſe?</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative" title="Appendix:Glossary">figuratively</a>) Being a first occurrence or event. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example">The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.</div></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example">After Edmund Burke's maiden speech, William Pitt the Elder said Burke had "spoken in such a manner as to stop the mouths of all Europe" and that the Commons should congratulate itself on acquiring such a member.</div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in <cite>BBC Sport</cite>‎<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/18051941">[1]</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado took his maiden victory and Williams's first since 2004 in a strategic battle with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/cricket" title="cricket">cricket</a>) Being an <a href="/wiki/over" title="over">over</a> in which no <a href="/wiki/run" title="run">runs</a> are scored.</li> <li>Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#c." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr></a> 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_IV,_Part_1" class="extiw" title="w:Henry IV, Part 1">The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]</a>”, in <cite>Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […]</cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" class="extiw" title="w:First Folio">First Folio</a>), London: […] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jaggard" class="extiw" title="w:William Jaggard">Isaac Iaggard</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed[ward] Blount</a>, published 1623, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/606515358">→OCLC</a>, [Act V, scene iv], <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mrvvilliamshakes00shak/page/n401/mode/1up">page 72</a>, column 2:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Come Brother Iohn, full brauely haſt thou fleſht thy Maiden ſword.</div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole">1613 (date written), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" class="extiw" title="w:William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fletcher_(playwright)" class="extiw" title="w:John Fletcher (playwright)">John Fletcher</a>], “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_(play)" class="extiw" title="w:Henry VIII (play)">The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight</a>”, in <cite>Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […]</cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" class="extiw" title="w:First Folio">First Folio</a>), London: […] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jaggard" class="extiw" title="w:William Jaggard">Isaac Iaggard</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed[ward] Blount</a>, published 1623, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/606515358">→OCLC</a>, [Act IV, scene ii], <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mrvvilliamshakes00shak/page/226/mode/1up">page 226</a>, column 2:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">When I am dead, good Wench, / Let me be vs’d with Honor; ſtrew me ouer / With Maiden Flowers, that all the world may know / I was a chaſte Wife, to my Graue: Embalme me, / Then lay me forth (although vnqueen’d) yet like / A Queene, and Daughter to a King enterre me.</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>(of a fortress) Never having been captured or violated. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1631, J. Taylor, (Please provide the book title or journal name):<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Victorie forsook him for ever since he ransacked the maiden town of Magdenburg</div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole">1849–1861, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Babington_Macaulay" class="extiw" title="w:Thomas Babington Macaulay">Thomas Babington Macaulay</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_England_from_the_Accession_of_James_the_Second" class="extiw" title="w:The History of England from the Accession of James the Second">The History of England from the Accession of James the Second</a></cite>, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longman" class="extiw" title="w:Longman">Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1069526323">→OCLC</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">But every citizen considered his own honor as bound up with the honor of the maiden fortress.</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>(of a tree) Grown from seed and never pruned.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms_2">Synonyms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Synonyms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/maidenly#English" title="maidenly">maidenly</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/flesh_one%27s_maiden_sword#English" title="flesh one's maiden sword">flesh one's maiden sword</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maiden_assize#English" title="maiden assize">maiden assize</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maiden-auntish#English" title="maiden-auntish">maiden-auntish</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maiden_flight#English" title="maiden flight">maiden flight</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maiden_grass#English" title="maiden grass">maiden grass</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maidenhair#English" title="maidenhair">maidenhair</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maidenhair_fern#English" title="maidenhair fern">maidenhair fern</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maidenhair_tree#English" title="maidenhair tree">maidenhair tree</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maiden_name#English" title="maiden name">maiden name</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maiden_over#English" title="maiden over">maiden over</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maiden_plum#English" title="maiden plum">maiden plum</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maiden_run#English" title="maiden run">maiden run</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maiden_speech#English" title="maiden speech">maiden speech</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maiden_stake#English" title="maiden stake">maiden stake</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/maiden_voyage#English" title="maiden voyage">maiden voyage</a></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations_2">Translations</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Translations">edit</a>]</div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-virgin"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">virgin — see <a href="/wiki/virgin#Translations" title="virgin">virgin</a></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-without_offspring"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">without offspring</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="without offspring"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Dutch: <a href="/wiki/kinderloos#Dutch" title="kinderloos">kinderloos</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/kinderloos" class="extiw" title="nl:kinderloos">(nl)</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-like_or_befitting_a_(young,_unmarried)_maiden"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="девически (page does not exist)">девически</a> (devičeski)</li> <li>Yiddish: <a href="/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A9#Yiddish" title="מיידליש">מיידליש</a> (meydlish)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-describing_a_first_occurrence_or_event"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">describing a first occurrence or event</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="describing a first occurrence or event"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/neitsyt#Finnish" title="neitsyt">neitsyt-</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/neitsyt" class="extiw" title="fi:neitsyt">(fi)</a></li> <li>French: <a href="/wiki/inaugural#French" title="inaugural">inaugural</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/inaugural" class="extiw" title="fr:inaugural">(fr)</a></li> <li>Portuguese: <a href="/wiki/primeiro#Portuguese" title="primeiro">primeiro</a> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/primeiro" class="extiw" title="pt:primeiro">(pt)</a>, <a href="/wiki/inaugural#Portuguese" title="inaugural">inaugural</a> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/inaugural" class="extiw" title="pt:inaugural">(pt)</a></li> <li>Romanian: <a href="/wiki/inaugural#Romanian" title="inaugural">inaugural</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/inaugural" class="extiw" title="ro:inaugural">(ro)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Russian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9#Russian" title="первый">пе́рвый</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:первый">(ru)</a> (pérvyj)</li> <li>Swedish: <a href="/wiki/jungfru#Swedish" title="jungfru">jungfru-</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/jungfru" class="extiw" title="sv:jungfru">(sv)</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-(cricket)_describing_an_over_in_which_no_runs_are_scored"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">(cricket) describing an over in which no runs are scored</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="(''cricket'') describing an over in which no runs are scored"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="checktrans"> <dl><dd>The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Entry_layout#Translations" title="Wiktionary:Entry layout">Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations</a>.</dd></dl> </div> <div class="NavFrame"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">Translations to be checked</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="Translations to be checked"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Interlingua: (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/wiki/prime#Interlingua" title="prime">prime</a>, (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/wiki/inaugural#Interlingua" title="inaugural">inaugural</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Anagrams">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Damien#English" title="Damien">Damien</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eidman#English" title="Eidman">Eidman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manide#English" title="Manide">Manide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Median#English" title="Median">Median</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medina#English" title="Medina">Medina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Midean#English" title="Midean">Midean</a>, <a href="/wiki/aidmen#English" title="aidmen">aidmen</a>, <a href="/wiki/demain#English" title="demain">demain</a>, <a href="/wiki/maenid#English" title="maenid">maenid</a>, <a href="/wiki/mained#English" title="mained">mained</a>, <a href="/wiki/median#English" title="median">median</a>, <a href="/wiki/medina#English" title="medina">medina</a>, <a href="/wiki/meidan#English" title="meidan">meidan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Finnish">Finnish</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Finnish">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Alternative forms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/maitten#Finnish" title="maitten">maitten</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> maiden <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#genitive_case" title="Appendix:Glossary">genitive</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#plural_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">plural</a> of <a href="/wiki/maa#Finnish" title="maa">maa</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams_2">Anagrams</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Anagrams">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/median#Finnish" title="median">median</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scots">Scots</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Scots">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms_2">Alternative forms</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Alternative forms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>(obsolete, Older Scots) <a href="/wiki/maidin" title="maidin">maidin</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=madin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="madin (page does not exist)">madin</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a> <a href="/wiki/mayden#Middle_English" title="mayden">mayden</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a> <a href="/wiki/m%C3%A6gden#Old_English" title="mægden">mægden</a>; compare <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic" class="extiw" title="w:Scottish Gaelic">Scottish Gaelic</a> <a href="/wiki/maighdeann#Scottish_Gaelic" title="maighdeann">maighdeann</a>. Attested in Older Scots from the 12th century.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_3">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> maiden (plural <a href="/wiki/maidens#Scots" title="maidens">maidens</a>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#archaic" title="Appendix:Glossary">archaic</a>) <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">maiden</a>, a <a href="/wiki/girl" title="girl">girl</a>, an unmarried young <a href="/wiki/woman" title="woman">woman</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#archaic" title="Appendix:Glossary">archaic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#attributive" title="Appendix:Glossary">attributive</a> or in compounds) (something) <a href="/wiki/early" title="early">early</a>, <a href="/wiki/immature" title="immature">immature</a>, <a href="/wiki/first" title="first">first</a> <dl><dd>maiden egg ― the first egg laid by a young hen</dd> <dd>maiden-chance ― first opportunity</dd></dl></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#archaic" title="Appendix:Glossary">archaic</a>) a <a href="/wiki/servant" title="servant">servant</a> girl, a <a href="/wiki/maid" title="maid">maid</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#archaic" title="Appendix:Glossary">archaic</a>) the last <a href="/wiki/sheaf" title="sheaf">sheaf</a> of <a href="/wiki/grain" title="grain">grain</a> harvested, decorated with ribbons and regarded as a <a href="/wiki/talisman" title="talisman">talisman</a>; (by extension) the end of the <a href="/wiki/harvest" title="harvest">harvest</a> <dl><dd>Synonyms: <a href="/wiki/kirn#Scots" title="kirn">kirn</a>, <a href="/wiki/clyack#Scots" title="clyack">clyack</a>, <a href="/wiki/hare#Scots" title="hare">hare</a></dd></dl></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#historical" title="Appendix:Glossary">historical</a>) [from 16th century] an instrument similar to a <a href="/wiki/guillotine" title="guillotine">guillotine</a> used for <a href="/wiki/capital_punishment" title="capital punishment">capital punishment</a> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1843 [1724], Allan Ramsay, “Genty Tibby”, in Alexander Whitelaw, editor, <cite>The Book of Scottish Song</cite>‎<a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Scottish_Song/Genty_Tibby">[2]</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Now strike my finger in a bore, / My wyson with the maiden shore, / Gin I can tell whilk I am for, / ⁠When these twa stars appear thegither.<dl><dd>Now stretch my finger on the rack, Shear my throat with the maiden, By the time I can tell where I am headed, These two stars appear together.</dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a>) [18th to 20th century] the eldest <a href="/wiki/daughter" title="daughter">daughter</a> of a <a href="/wiki/landowner" title="landowner">landowner</a> or wealthy <a href="/wiki/farmer" title="farmer">farmer</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Verb">edit</a>]</div> maiden (third-person singular simple present <a href="/wiki/maidens#Scots" title="maidens">maidens</a>, present participle <a href="/w/index.php?title=maidenin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="maidenin (page does not exist)">maidenin</a>, simple past <a href="/w/index.php?title=maident&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="maident (page does not exist)">maident</a>, past participle <a href="/w/index.php?title=maident&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="maident (page does not exist)">maident</a>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a>) to act as maiden <a href="/wiki/cummer" title="cummer">cummer</a> (mother's assistant) at a <a href="/wiki/christening" title="christening">christening</a> <dl><dd>maiden the bairn ― look after the child</dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=maiden&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"> ^ </a> “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/maidin">maidin, n.</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_the_Scots_Language" class="extiw" title="w:Dictionary of the Scots Language">The Dictionary of the Scots Language</a></cite>, Edinburgh: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Language_Dictionaries" class="extiw" title="w:Scottish Language Dictionaries">Scottish Language Dictionaries</a>, 2004–present, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/57069714">→OCLC</a>, reproduced from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Craigie" class="extiw" title="w:William Craigie">William A[lexander] Craigie</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Jack_Aitken" class="extiw" title="w:Adam Jack Aitken">A[dam] J[ack] Aitken</a> [et al.], editors, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_the_Older_Scottish_Tongue" class="extiw" title="w:Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue">A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […]</a>, Oxford, Oxfordshire: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, 1931–2002, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/635688651">→OCLC</a>. </li> </ol></div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/maiden">maiden, n., v.</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_the_Scots_Language" class="extiw" title="w:Dictionary of the Scots Language">The Dictionary of the Scots Language</a></cite>, Edinburgh: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Language_Dictionaries" class="extiw" title="w:Scottish Language Dictionaries">Scottish Language Dictionaries</a>, 2004–present, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/57069714">→OCLC</a>.</li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=maiden&oldid=81722335">https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=maiden&oldid=81722335</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" 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