An '''orphan'''Agyanka (from the [[Greek language|Greek]]: ορφανός, <small>[[Romanization of Greek|romanized]]:</small> orphanós) isAgyanka yɛ abɔfra a childne maame anaa ne whosepapa parentsawu haveagya diedno.
InƐyɛ commonadeɛ a yɛtae de di dwuma usage, onlyƐyɛ abɔfra a nawofoɔ awu na ɛyɛ awesiaonly a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usually relevant (i.e. if the female parent has gone, the offspring is an orphan, regardless of the father's condition).
