what do desi kids usually refer their grandparents as?
I mean maternal and paternal both..
Share what you refer or your kids refer theirs as..
I said naniammi and nana abbu
and dadima and dadajan
The cutest i ve heard is nania and nanu
Re: Kids referring grandparents..
daadaa, daadii [paternal grandpa, grandma]
*naanaa, naanii *[maternal grandpa and grandma]
Re: Kids referring grandparents..
nano and dado (for grandmothers)
and
nana abu and dada abu (for grandfathers)
Re: Kids referring grandparents..
nano and dado (for grandmothers) and nana abu and dada abu (for grandfathers)
^ my daughter says the same. sometimes she calls her dada abu by what his son calls him- aba jee and lately she's been copying my sisters and calling her nano "mom" but laughs while saying it.
:)
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Nani, Nana
Dadi and Dada
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My maternal grandparents were Nani Ammi & Baba (my mom and her siblings all called him Baba…the whole khandaan did actually)
My paternal grandmother was Amma (again, whole family called her the same)
Paternal grandfather I never knew/saw
My kids called my parents Nana & Nani, and my husbands mom is Dadi.
Since both my parents have passed away, my kids call my Mamoo & Mami that I am closest to “Chotay Nana & Choti Nani” 
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Bari ammi or just ammi...and abu ji.......is what we used for maternal and paternal grandparents.
Call my parents mama and papa.
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Maternal: Amma and Abba ji
Paternal: Dadi (when taking about her, i have never called her anything face to face thinking Abt it now)
My nephews Call my parents: ammi and Daddy. Sometimes they remember to Add "ji".
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Bari ammi for my dads mom (she was older) and choti ammi for my mumz mother ( she was younger)
Barey abu for dads father
And chotey abu for mumz father
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Appa and Bau-ji (maternal grandparents)
Bibi and Abba (paternal)
Maternal: Nani Amma and Nana Abu
Paternal: Bari Ammi and Dada Abu
I call my parents mama and pappa and my son will prob end up doing the same to them lol
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Paternal: Ammi and Abbu
Maternal: Nana abbu and Nano
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Maternal: Nanijaan and Nanajaan
Paternal: Barri Ami and Barray Abbu
My kids will insh'allah be calling my parents Nani and Nana though cus it's simpler and cute
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maternal...nani ammi and papa
paternal....dadi ammi and dada
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my grand parents (paternal) ama g n aba g (this is for whole khandan, everyone call them by these names)and maternal we call nani ami n nana abu. only abag left rest of them passed away. my baby is not speaking yet. my nephew calls my mum bali (he himself invented this ),n my father dada
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my mom= 'mummy' (that' what we call her and now all grandkids of her call her that'
my dad= nana-moo (eldest started calling that instead of nana abu so both my kids and my sister's kids call him nana moo
my mil = dado
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My daughter calls my parents "Dada" and "Dadi". She calls my wife's mother "Grandma". She has never met her Grandpa who passed away before she was born.
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Paternal - Dadabu and Dadima
Maternal - Nanabu (although I never met him) and Nano
Kids referring grandparents..
Dada and Dadi
Nana and Nani