Words for family members and other relatives in Marathi (मराठी), a Southern Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Meaning | Marathi (हिन्दी) |
---|---|
family | कुटुंब (kuṭumba), |
relation | नाते (nātē) |
father | बाबा (bābā), वडील (vaḍīla) |
mother | आई (ā'ī), माता (mātā) |
husband | नवरा (navrā), पती (patī) |
wife | बायको (bāyakō), पत्नी (patnī) |
child | बालक (bālaka) - male बालिका (bālikā) - female |
children | मुले (mulē) |
son | पुत्र (putra), मुलगा (mulagā) |
daughter | कन्या (kan'yā), मुलगी (mulagī) |
brother | भाऊ (bhāū) |
sister | बहिण (bahiṇa) |
uncle | काका (kākā) father’s brother आतोबा (ātōbā) father’s sister’s husband मामा (māmā) mother’s brother काका (kākā) mother’s sister’s husband |
aunt | आत्या (ātyā) father’s sister काकू (kāku) father’s brother’s wife मावशी (māvshī) mother’s sister मामी (māmī) mother’s brother’s wife |
cousin | चुलत भाऊ (culata bhā'ū) - male चुलत बहिण (culata bahiṇa) - female |
nephew | पुतण्या (putaņyā) brother’s son भाचा (bhāchā) sister’s son |
niece | पुतणी (putaņī) brother’s daughter भाची (bhāchī) sister’s daughter |
grandfather | आजोबा (ājobā), आबा (ābā) |
grandmother | आजी (ājī) |
great-grandfather | पणजोबा (paņajobā) |
great-grandmother | पणजी (paņajī) |
grandson | नातू (nātu) |
granddaugther | नात (nāt) |
father-in-law | सासरे (sāsre) |
mother-in-law | सासू (sāsū) |
brother-in-law | दीर (dīr) husband’s brother मेव्हणा (mevhņā) wife’s brother दाजी (dājī) sister’s husband |
sister-in-law | नणंद (naņand) husband’s sister जाऊ (jā'ū) husband’s brother’s wife ताई (tāī) wife’s elder sister मेव्हणी (mevhnī) wife’s sister वहिनी (vahinī) older brother’s wife भावजय (bhāvjay) younger brother’s wife |
Hear some Marathi family words:
Information about family words in Marathi
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Marathi/Family_Relationships
https://mindurmarathi.com/family-relations-in-marathi/
http://polymath.org/marathi_family.php
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