how you address your family and relatives?

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I had seen people using different ways to address their parents,family and relatives…

While addressing father-Daddy,papa,pappa,Abba,Abbu,Baba,Bapuji,Babaji,Annaji(one of my friend use this)

Uncles-Chacha,chachu,uncle,Mama,Mamu…I address one of my uncle as Chand Mamu…:smiley:

Auntie-Khala,Khalajaan,Khala Ammi,Khala Pasha,Phupho,Phupi Hazrat,Phupi Pasha…:smiley:

one of my fathers friend used to call his daughter as Taai(sister in marathi)

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Re: how you address your family and relatives?

We call our grand parents Baba Wadha and Amma Wadhi :slight_smile:

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wadha means?

dha pronounced as dh in dhaga(thread)

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wadha means bada or grand.. You can’t pronounce ‘dh’ so pronounce it as ‘dh’ as in dholak

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LOOOLL my family used to call my grandparents Wadha Abba and Wadhi Ammi

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means this dh has a special pronunciation which only sindhi speakers know

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We call our Badi Phupo Ammi - (As we grow hearing our cousins calling so. We call our mother Amma). Sometimes, it creates confusion for the people who don’t know difference between Ammi & Amma.

We call our Chhoti Phuppo Jiji.

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yes it got special pronunciation and I don’t find an Urdu speaking person pronouncing it correctly.

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[TABLE=“width: 500”]

Relationship
I Call
My Son Call

Father
Abu
Baba

Mother
Ami
Mama

Elder Sister
Api

Grand father
Dada Jan
Abu

Grand Mother
Dadda
Ami

Table option works :slight_smile:

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Re: how you address your family and relatives?

if you find any video with that pronunciation post it…

or you may open a different thread all languages have at least one word…

Like zh in tamil…:smiley:

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ok i call my father daada (dont know y)
mum… mama
grandfather… aba g
grandmother…ama g
my father used to call his grandmother… wadi ama
my nephew calls my mum his grandmother…bali ( we dont know how n why he discovered this word)

and ninja i also call one of mami as chanda mami :wink:

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Re: how you address your family and relatives?

Parents are directly reffered to as Ami and Aba or simply indirectly reffered to as Bazurgh.

Siblings are called by names.

I dont really talk much to the rest of the fammily, ussually I just nod or use gestures…

And for friends Yaar is typical word.

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You don’t talk to your in-laws? :hmmm:

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Amaa jee =grandmother

Abba jee = grandfather

papa jee =father

mama/mum =mother

bhai =elder brother

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We call our Taaya “UncleDaddy” and Taayi “Bari-Mummy”. It has stuck so much, that even non-relatives kids in our town call them that. We call our Phupho “Phupho” but our Phupar is Mamoo.. i don’t know how that came about.

Naani is called Uppa.. and Nanna is Bau ji, Dada was called Abba and Daadi was called Bibi.

strange?

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Re: how you address your family and relatives?

Father: Dad or Baba (Baba Jaan)
Mother: Mom/ Mommy or Mama Jaan
Brothers and sister: By their name.

Dad’s older brother: Papa
His Taayi: Bari Ammi

Dad’s younger brother: Chachu
Chachi: Aunty

Dad’s sister: Phuppo
Phuppa: Uncle

Mom’s brothers: Mammu
Mom’s SIL: Mammi

Mom’s sisters: Khala
Mom’s BIL: Khallu Jaan

Dad’s Father: Dada Abu
Dad’s Mother: Dadi Ami

Mom’s Father: Nana Anu
Mom’s Mother: Nanau Jaan

Elder male cousins: (Name) Bhai if they’re around my age/ (Name) Bhai Jaan if they’re a lot older
Elder female cousins: (Name) Baji.

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I normally hear “Bau Ji”, and “Bibi” in Punjabi house holds.
Not strange at all :slight_smile:

Uppa is cute! :stuck_out_tongue:

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Re: how you address your family and relatives?

I call Abu Ammi

&

all others Uncle Aunty

That’s all

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[TABLE=“width: 500”]

Relationship
I Call

Father
Baba

Mother
Ma/Mummy

Sister
Her name

Grand father(Paternal)
Papa

Grand Mother(Paternal)
Amma

Grand father(Maternal)
Nana

Grand Mother(Maternal)
Nani

Uncle
‘name’ chacha/mamo

Aunt
‘name’ khala/phopo

youngest paternal Aunt
popi (bad pronunciation that stuck)

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Re: how you address your family and relatives?

In our part hindus address their phupa as mama and khalu as Kaka(means chacha in urdu)