midwife

Etymology
From, corresponding to +. It appears not to be entirely clear whether the original understanding was “with-woman” in the sense of “attending/assisting woman”, or “they who are with the woman” (namely the mother).

Noun

 * 1) A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
 * 2)  Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project.
 * 1)  Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project.

Usage notes

 * The term is applicable to both males and females. Despite this, the term is also sometimes used (usually in nonserious contexts).

Translations

 * Afrikaans: vroedvrou
 * Alabama: tayyi alikchi
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: قَابِلَة, دَايَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: ولادة, داية,
 * Gulf Arabic: داية
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Azerbaijani:, mamaça
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: акушэ́рка, ба́бка, павіту́ха , ба́ба
 * Bengali:, , মিডওয়াইফ
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Central Melanau: bidan
 * Chamicuro: kumali
 * Chichewa: zamba
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 接生婆, 執媽, 執仔婆, 助產士
 * Hokkien: 助產士, 抾囝母, 產婆
 * Mandarin:, , , ,
 * Czech:, porodní asistentka,
 * Danish:, jordemor
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese:, jarðarmóðir, nærkona
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , , ,
 * Galician: parteira, partureira
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , , , , Entbindungshelfer, Entbindungshelferin
 * Gilbertese: tia kabung
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: μαῖα
 * Greenlandic: ernisussiortoq
 * Hebrew: מיילדת
 * Hindi: प्रसाविका,, , मिडवाइफ़,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:, ljósa, léttakona, yfirsetukona, nærkona
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: ämmä
 * Irish: bean chabhrach, bean ghlúine, cnáimhseach
 * Old Irish: banterismid
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * K'iche' Mayan: iyom
 * Kazakh: акушер әйел
 * Khmer:, , យាយម៉ប
 * Kikuyu: mũciarithia
 * Korean: 조산부(助產婦), 산파(産婆), 조산사(助產師)
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lao: ນາງຜະດຸງຄັນ, ຕຳແຍ, ຫມໍຕຳແຍ
 * Latin: obstetrīx
 * Latvian: vecmāte, akušiere
 * Lithuanian: akušerė
 * Luxembourgish: Hiewan
 * Macedonian: бабица, акуше́рка
 * Malay:, pengulin, dukun beranak
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: qabla
 * Maori: kaiwhakawhanau, wahine whakawhanau
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: эх баригч
 * Navajo: awééʼ hayiidzį́sí, asdzání ʼiʼiiłchíhí, awééʼ hayiiníłí
 * Neapolitan: mammana, vammana
 * Ngarrindjeri: putari
 * Norman: accouocheuse, gardgienne, sage-femme
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: jordmor
 * Old English: beorþorþīnen
 * Papiamentu: partera
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:, , ,
 * Plautdietsch: Weemutta, Popkjemutta
 * Polabian: bobă, bopkă
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:,  ,  ,  ,  , повива́льщица
 * Saanich: NIȽ ȻENT Ȼ SĆḴAḴS
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: muime, bean-ghlùine
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ба̏бица
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian: lavatrici
 * Slovak: pôrodná baba, pôrodná asistentka,, babica
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: babka
 * Spanish:, comadrona,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kumadrona
 * Tajik: акушер, момо, қобила, доя,
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ตำแย, หมอตำแย
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen:
 * Ukrainian:, повиту́ха , сповиту́ха , повива́льна ба́бка
 * Urdu: دائی, جنائی, قابله
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:, , bà đỡ đẻ,
 * Welsh: bydwraig
 * West Frisian: hoarnwiif, ferloskundige
 * Yiddish: הײַבאַם, אַקושערקע, אַקושערין


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: fødselshjælper
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian: fødselshjelper
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To act as a midwife.
 * 2)  To facilitate the emergence of.
 * 3) * Thomas L. Friedman. "Attention: Baby on Board." New York Times. April 13, 2010.
 * "en"

- But the bigger objective was to help Iraqis midwife a democratic model that could inspire reform across the Arab-Muslim world and give the youth there a chance at a better future.

Usage notes

 * The earliest forms of the verb used v in place of f (see to ); however, forms with f (to midwife) are now just as common if not more commonly seen.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish: avustaa synnytyksessä, kätilöidä
 * German:
 * Hebrew: יילד
 * Hindi: dai
 * Hungarian:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese: đỡ đẻ


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Korean:
 * Mongolian:
 * Swahili:
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai:
 * Welsh: