Words for family members and other relatives in Thai (ภาษาไทย), a Tai-Kadai language spoken mainly in Thailand
Note: frm = formal, polite - can be used when talking about someone else’s relatives. inf = informal - used for your own relatives.
| Thai | |
|---|---|
| family | ครอบครัว (krôp kruua) |
| relatives | ญาติพี่น้อง (yâat pêe nóng) |
| parents | พ่อแม่ (pôr mâe) |
| father | พ่อ (pôr) คุณพ่อ (kun-ná-pôr) - frm ปะป๊า (bpà bpăa) - inf |
| mother | แม่ (mâe) คุณแม่ (kun mâe) - frm มัมมี่ (mam-mêe) - inf |
| child | ลูก (lôok) |
| children (son and daughter) |
ลูกชายลูกสาว (lôok chaai lôok săao) |
| son | ลูกชาย (lôok chaai) |
| daughter | ลูกสาว (lôok săao) |
| husband | สามี (săa-mee) - frm ผัว (pŭua) - inf |
| wife | ภรรยา (pan-rá-yaa) - frm เมีย (miia) - inf |
| siblings | พี่น้อง (pêe nóng) |
| brother | พี่ชาย (pêe chaai) - older น้องชาย (nóng chaai) - younger |
| sister | พี่สาว (pêe săao) - older น้องสาว (nóng săao) - younger |
| uncle | ลุง (lung) - father’s older brother น้า (náa) - mother’s older brother |
| aunt | ป้า (bpâa) - fathers older sister น้าผู้หญิง (náa pôo yĭng) - mother’s sister น้าสาว (náa săao) - uncle’s wife |
| cousin | ลูกพี่ลูกน้อง (lôok pêe lôok nóng) |
| nephew | หลานชาย (lăan chaai) - grandson, nephew ภาคิไนย (paa-kí-nai) - sister’s son |
| niece | หลานสาว (lăan săao) - granddaughter, niece |
| grandparents | ปู่ย่า (bpòo yâa) |
| grandfather | ปู่ (bpòo) - father’s father คุณปู่ (kun bpòo) - frm ตา (dtaa) - mother’s father คุณตา (kun dtaa) - frm |
| grandmother | ย่า (yâa) - father’s mother คุณย่า (kun yâa) - frm ยาย (yaai) - mother’s mother คุณยาย (kun yaai) - frm |
| grandchild | หลานปู่ (lăan bpòo) |
| grandson | นัดดา (nát-daa) หลานชาย (lăan chaai) - grandson, nephew |
| granddaughter | นัดดา (nát-daa) หลานสาว (lăan săao) - granddaughter, niece |
| father-in-law | พ่อตา (pôr pŭua) - husband’s father พ่อตา (pôr dtaa) - wife’s father |
| mother-in-law | แม่ผัว (mâe pŭua) - husband’s mother แม่ยาย (mâe yaai) - wife’s mother |
Hear some family words in Thai:
Information about Thai | Phrases | Numbers | Family words | Tower of Babel | Books about Thai on: Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk [affilate links]
- Learn Thai with Glossika
- ThaiPod101.com - Learn Thai with Free Podcasts
- Find Thai Tutors with LanguaTalk
- Learn Thai with Ling
https://blogs.transparent.com/thai/vocabulary-for-the-thai-family/
https://www.thaiworldview.com/family.htm
Family words in other languages
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