Family relations in Urdu

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Since there are quite a few guppies who hardly know about family relations in Urdu I thought it would be useful to post a kind of relation dictionary English - Urdu. I´m sure I have missed a lot of relations here. There is one which I don´t even know myself as you can see below. So you are free to add more and I will edit this post to have a complete overview. (Mods, I think this deserves to be a sticky thread :D)



Sister                                  - Behn
Brother                                 - Bhai
Mother                                  - Maa
Father                                  - Baap
Wife                                    - Biwi
Husband                                 - Shohar
Son                                     - Beta
Daughter                                - Beti
Sister´s husband                        - Behnoi
Brother´s wife                          - Bhabi
Wife´s sister                           - Saali
Wife´s brother                          - Saala
Husband´s sister                        - Nand
Husband´s younger brother               - Dewar
Husband´s elder brother                 - Jaith
Mother-in-Law                           - Saas
Father-in-Law                           - Susar
Father of child´s spouse                - Samdhi
Mother of child´s spouse                - Samdhan

Aunt (Mother´s sister)                  - Khala
Aunt (Father´s sister)                  - Phuppo
Aunt (Wife of mother´s brother)         - Mumaani
Aunt (Wife of father´s elder brother)   - Taai
Aunt (Wife of father´s younger brother) - Chachi
Uncle (Mother´s brother)                - Mamu
Uncle (Father´s elder brother)          - Taaya
Uncle (Father´s younger brother)        - Chacha
Uncle (Husband of mother´s sister)      - Khalu
Uncle (Husband of father´s sister)      - Phuppa
Niece (Sister´s daughter)               - Bhanji
Niece (Brother´s daughter)              - Bhatiji
Nephew (Sister´s son)                   - Bhanja
Nephew (Brother´s son)                  - Bhatija

Granddaughter                           - Poti
Grandson                                - Pota
Grandmother (Mother´s side)             - Nani
Grandmother (Father´s side)             - Dadi
Grandfather (Mother´s side)             - Nana
Grandfather (Father´s side)             - Dada
Great-grandmother (Mother´s side)       - Parnani
Great-grandmother (Father´s side)       - Pardadi
Great-grandfather (Mother´s side)       - Parnana
Great-grandfather (Father´s side)       - Pardada

Husband of wife´s sister                - Humzulf
Husband of husband´s sister             - Nandoi
Wife of wife´s brother                  - Saalehaar
Wife of husband´s elder brother         - Jaithani
Wife of husband´s younger brother       - Dewrani
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Well, I know most of them, just the first two in the last para. are new for me.

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I always get confused with that dharain jethaini thing.
But the rest i know its not that difficult Urdu Languange

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kuch reshtey daaron ko galiyaan keyoon de rahey hain :konfused:

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I guess you are referring to Saala/Saali. That really are the Urdu words for that relation and not gaaliyan. They are used in a negative sense in Bollywood movies though.

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what would you call your khala's kids?

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u missed jeth and sandu!

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*Originally posted by blushing_vision: *
u missed jeth and sandu!
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I did not miss Jeth, just spelled it like Jaith.

What is Sandu?

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Sharafat_Ka_Namouna: *
what would you call your khala's kids?
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Cousins. Or is there any specific word for that as well?

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Khala's kids are khala zaad behn ya bhai.

Sandu is punjabi, Urdu word for it is hamzulf.

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by sabah: *
Khala's kids are khala zaad behn ya bhai.

Sandu is punjabi, Urdu word for it is hamzulf.
[/QUOTE]

She answered both questions I was gonna answer. For cousins, it depends. Chacha's kids are chacha zaad behan bhai..........maamo's kids are mamoo zaad behan bhai.......taaya's kids are taaya zaad behan bhai and so on.

You forgot 2 most important rishtey (somebody will know why :p)

Father of Son/dauther's wife/husband = Samdhi
Mother of Son/dauther's wife/husband = Samdhan

** The rishta that you are missing:

Wife of wife's brother = Saale-haar**

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^^ Thanks for your input Shikra. I have updated my post with it. :k:

The new additions are:

Father of child´s spouse - Samdhi
Mother of child´s spouse - Samdhan
Wife of wife´s brother - Saalehaar

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^
samdhi/samdhan r hindi and not urdu....

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It's so complicated!

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I give up.With those dewar jaith.Arghhh.Its driving me nuts.

I dont know half of these.

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woo hoo, scored a perfect 100%

here is another oen you did not include

your tai's brother's humsulf's baita who is coming to US and you have to pickhim up and he will stay with you until he finds a place.

the name for this type of rishtay daar is

"aira ghera nathu khera"
"maan na maan mein tera mehmaan"

or my favourite

"jaan na pehchaan, galay laga kameena insaan"

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if you can't remember any of these alqab, just call out "adam zaad"

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:rotfl:

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Another word for saas is khush daman.
Kinda funny ain't it?:)

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*Originally posted by armughal: *
^
samdhi/samdhan r hindi and not urdu....
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These are used in Pakistan as well. I think it's called "Kudam" in Punjabi? or maybe in urdu as well?