gariban çocuk

Turkish - English

Definition of gariban çocuk in Turkish English dictionary

waif

Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice

A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child

Tenderly Kala nursed her little waif, wondering silently why it did not gain strength and agility as did the little apes of other mothers. It was nearly a year from the time the little fellow came into her possession before he would walk alone, and as for climbing--my, but how stupid he was!.

{n} goods that are found lost and not claimed

a homeless, neglected wanderer

a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"

If you refer to a child or young woman as a waif, you mean that they are very thin and look as if they have nowhere to live. a dirty-faced waif of some five or six years

Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance

a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive

{i} homeless or abandoned person (especially a child); young person who seems to be needy because of his/her thin feeble appearance; stray animal; cast-off or neglected items

Hyphenation

ga·ri·ban ço·cuk