In principle it is "who does not have his parents", but according to his etymology, it can be extended to those who lose their children, or lack something important. From the Latin orphanus, which was taken from the Greek 959; 961; 966; 945; 957; 959; 962; ( orphans "abandoned, separated") . The initial /h/ has an editorial origin, since printers formerly wrote hverfano to indicate that that /v/ was pronounced as /u/, and then it was incorporated into the language.
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