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Language Citation Form Standardized Form
Altay öскÿс, öскÿс-јабыс ösküs, ösküs-ďabïs
Azerbaijani yetim, kimsəsiz yetim, kimsäsiz
Baraba Tatar йитим yitim
Bashkir етем, йәтим, үкһеҙ кеше yetem, yätim, ükheð keše
Chuvash тӑлӑх tălăx
Crimean Karaim ӧксиз, ӧксӱз öksiz, öksüz
Crimean Tatar yetim, öksüz yetim, öksüz
Dolgan tulājak tulāyak
Dukhan öskǝs öskǝs
Georgian Urum etɯm, etim etïm, etim
Halych Karaim эксиз eksiz
Jungar Tuvan ösküs ösküs
Karachay-Balkar ёксюз öksüz
Karakhanid ögsüz ögsüz
Kazakh әкесіз, жетім äkesiz, žetim
Khakas ӧкіс ökĭs
Khalaj yätị̄m yätị̄m
Kumandy-Kizhi öскÿс, öскес ösküs, öskes
Kumyk етим, оьксюз yetim, öksüz
Kuu-Kizhi öскÿс ösküs
Kyrgyz жетим žetim
Nogay оьксиз, етим öksiz, yetim
Ös ӧксӱс öksüs
Sakha тулаайах оҕо tulaayax oɣo
Siberian Tatar йәтимцәк yätimtsäk
Soyot өскис, өскүс öskis, ösküs
Tatar ятим, үксез yätim, üksez
Teleut öскÿс ösküs
Tòfa өъскүс ö̀sküs
Trakai Karaim ӧксюзь ökśuź
Tuba-Kizhi öскÿс ösküs
Turkish yetim, öksüz yetim, öksüz
Turkmen ýetim yetīm
Tuvan өскүс ösküs
Uyghur يېتىم yetim
Uzbek yetim yetim
Western Yugur ʂeylï ṣeylï

orphan

сирота Waise orphelin یتیم өнчин


Some languages may distinguish between a person whose mother or father has died. In Crimean Tatar, for example, yetim refers to one whose mother has died, while öksüz refers to one whose father has died.


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