Words for family members in Bulgarian, a Southern Slavic language spoken mainly in Bulgaria.
Key to abbreviations: m = male, f = female
Bulgarian (Български) | |
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family | семейство (semejstvo) |
parents | родители (roditeli) |
father | баща (bašta) татко (tatko) тате (tate) |
mother | мама (mama) майка (majka) мамо (mamo) |
children | деца (detsa) |
son | син (sin) |
daughter | дъщеря (dãšterja) щерка (šterka) |
husband | съпруг (sãprug) мъж (mãž) |
wife | съпруга (sãpruga) жена (žena) |
brother | брат (brat) |
sister | сестра (sestra) |
uncle | чичо (čičo) father's brother вуйчо (bujčo) mother's brother калеко (kaleko) father's sister's spouse тетинчо (tetincho) mother's sister's spouse свако (svako) |
aunt | леля (lelja) mother's sister тетка (tetka) mother's sister стрин(к)а (strin(k)a) father's brother's spouse вуйна (vyjna) mother's brother's spouse |
cousin | братовчед (bratovčed) - m братовчедка (bratovčedka) - f |
nephew | племенник (plemennik) |
niece | племенница (plemennica) |
grandparents | дядо и баба (djado i baba) |
grandfather | дядо (djado) |
grandmother | баба (baba) |
grandchildren | внуци (vnuci) |
grandson | внук (vnuk) |
granddaughter | внучка (vnučka) |
great grandfather | прадядо (pradjado) |
great grandmother | прабаба (prababa) |
father-in-law | свекър (svekãr) husband's father тъст (tãst) wife's father |
mother-in-law | свекърва (svekãrva) husband's mother тъща (tãšta) wife's mother |
brother-in-law | Девер (dever) husband's brother Шурей (shurey) wife's brother Баджанак (badzhanak) wife's brother's husband |
sister-in-law | Зълва (zãlva) husband's sister Балдъза (balduza) wife's sister Шуренайка (shurenayka) wife's brother's wife Етърва (etãrva) husband's brother's wife |
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=197265
http://blazingbulgaria.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/words-for-relatives-in-bulgarian/
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