Family relations in Urdu

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*Originally posted by Shahreen: *
It's so complicated!
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ditto!

how about sisters husband --> jeeja

not sure if its hindi.. but my bros sisters in laws (his saaliyan) call him jeejoo

Jeeja is hindi. Urdu word for it is Behnoyi.

Re: Family relations in Urdu

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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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That new to me, never heard them before.

oh yeaah.. its up there already as well

i dunno, my fam is wierd.. half of our words are in urdu and others in hindi :halo:

QUOTE - Bhanji
Niece (Brother´s daughter) - Bhatiji
Nephew (Sister´s son) - Bhanja
Nephew (Brother´s son) - Bhatija

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this is so complicated!..

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*Originally posted by armughal: *
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samdhi/samdhan r hindi and not urdu....
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What are the Urdu words for it?

Umer, thanks..

i wud just call everyone, uncle auntie, bhai behen.. :p

hows this..:p
baby girl- munni
baby boy- munna

very handy thread :k:

I know. :slight_smile:

Anywayz nice thread Umar bhai.
But i know for a while i will forget it again :rotfl:

That´s why I asked the Mods to make it sticky. :smiley:

good :k:

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how about ehliya = wife

{biwi} is way to common*

Ehliya, Zauja, Shareek-e-hayaat, biwi, begum, bla bla bla

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how about ehliya = wife

{biwi} is way to common*
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Hmmm ehliya that sound very arabic

Don’t confuse it with ehlun-wa-sehlun…nilu:hehe:

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*Originally posted by garma_garam_gup: *
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how about ehliya = wife

{biwi} is way to common*
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I want to have the more common words in this thread. Otherwise we would have to put a list of different terms for every relation. I think it´s fine the way we have it now.

This is tooo confuussinggg!!! :crying: