bairn

n. Scots.

A child.

[Middle English barn, from Old English bearn.]

noun

A young person between birth and puberty: bud, child, innocent, juvenile, moppet, tot, youngster. Informal kid. See kin, youth/age/maturity.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (in Scotland) a child: son or daughter

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - barn

Nederlands (Dutch)
kind

Français (French)
n. - (Écosse, Nord Angl) enfant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kind

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (Σκοτ.) παιδί

Italiano (Italian)
(scozzese) bambino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - criança (f)

Русский (Russian)
сын или дочь, ребенок

Español (Spanish)
n. - niño

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - barn

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小孩

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小孩

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 어린이, 아들[딸]

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 幼児, 子供

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كلمه اسكوتلنديه معناها طفل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ילד‬

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