what is housewife in your language?
2006-08-28 23:28:13 · 11 answers · asked by heat 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
in arabic it's Ribbath al-manzil
in english it's housewife
in malayalam it's veetamma
in hindi it's grihanee
in german it's hausfrau
in french it's me'nag`ere
2006-08-29 00:49:45 · answer #1 · answered by Lamya 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question!! I think that there is no corresponding word for housewife in Pakistan. Perhaps because wives are generally understood to working around the house and making a home out of it.
2006-08-29 07:31:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Housewife, is when the wife stays at home to take care of the home, she could also call herself a domestic technician.
2006-08-29 06:32:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Esposa" or "Ama de Casa" in spanish. The series, desperate housewifes is traslated Esposas Desesperadas.
2006-08-29 07:52:00 · answer #4 · answered by carlos_dreyfus 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Woman whose intended to do Household work. or A woman managing House works like bearing child, washing clothes, preparing food etc.
2006-08-29 06:35:35 · answer #5 · answered by gel_ron2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
huisvrouw: Dutch
donna di casa: Italian
maybahay or ilaw ng tahanan: Filipino
menagere or femme au foyer: French
2006-08-29 06:35:27 · answer #6 · answered by Bu Ang 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
menagere in french... veetamma in mallu and house wife as u just wrote in english and the rest maybe i'll ask some of my 5rends and let ya know
2006-08-29 06:32:42 · answer #7 · answered by coolqirlz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
â¡I'm American, so I say 'housewife, of course.(^_-)-â
BUT ï½ I live in Japan and in Japanese 'housewife' is
"shufu" 主婦 : ãã
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http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/j-e.cgi/jap/%bc%e7%c9%d8?TR
http://www.yesjapan.com/dictionary/yesjapan200k.php?language=Japanese&searchplace=beginning&searchfor=shufu&maxsearch=25
Hope this helps!â¡
2006-08-29 06:36:09 · answer #8 · answered by C 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
domokhozyaika in Russian. the master of the house in meaning
2006-08-29 07:13:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"kucanica" or "domacica" in Bosnian.. "suri rumah" in Malay.
2006-08-29 06:40:12 · answer #10 · answered by Mila 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋