Words for family members in Bulgarian, a Southern Slavic language spoken mainly in Bulgaria.
Key to abbreviations: m = male, f = female
| Bulgarian (Български) | |
|---|---|
| family | семейство (semejstvo) |
| parents | родители (roditeli) |
| father | баща (bašta) татко (tatko) тате (tate) |
| mother | мама (mama) майка (majka) мамо (mamo) |
| children | деца (detsa) |
| son | син (sin) |
| daughter | дъщеря (dãšterja) щерка (šterka) |
| husband | съпруг (sãprug) мъж (mãž) |
| wife | съпруга (sãpruga) жена (žena) |
| brother | брат (brat) |
| sister | сестра (sestra) |
| uncle | чичо (čičo) father's brother вуйчо (bujčo) mother's brother калеко (kaleko) father's sister's spouse тетинчо (tetincho) mother's sister's spouse свако (svako) |
| aunt | леля (lelja) mother's sister тетка (tetka) mother's sister стрин(к)а (strin(k)a) father's brother's spouse вуйна (vyjna) mother's brother's spouse |
| cousin | братовчед (bratovčed) - m братовчедка (bratovčedka) - f |
| nephew | племенник (plemennik) |
| niece | племенница (plemennica) |
| grandparents | дядо и баба (djado i baba) |
| grandfather | дядо (djado) |
| grandmother | баба (baba) |
| grandchildren | внуци (vnuci) |
| grandson | внук (vnuk) |
| granddaughter | внучка (vnučka) |
| great grandfather | прадядо (pradjado) |
| great grandmother | прабаба (prababa) |
| father-in-law | свекър (svekãr) husband's father тъст (tãst) wife's father |
| mother-in-law | свекърва (svekãrva) husband's mother тъща (tãšta) wife's mother |
| brother-in-law | Девер (dever) husband's brother Шурей (shurey) wife's brother Баджанак (badzhanak) wife's brother's husband |
| sister-in-law | Зълва (zãlva) husband's sister Балдъза (balduza) wife's sister Шуренайка (shurenayka) wife's brother's wife Етърва (etãrva) husband's brother's wife |
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=197265
http://blazingbulgaria.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/words-for-relatives-in-bulgarian/
Information about Bulgarian | Phrases | Numbers | Time | Family words | Weather words | Tongue twisters | Tower of Babel | Bulgarian courses on: Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk [affilate links]
Learn Bulgarian online with BulgarianPod101
Learn Bulgarian with Ling
Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian
Family words in other languages
[top]
You can support this site by Buying Me A Coffee, and if you like what you see on this page, you can use the buttons below to share it with people you know.
If you like this site and find it useful, you can support it by making a donation via PayPal or Patreon, or by contributing in other ways. Omniglot is how I make my living.
Note: all links on this site to Amazon.com
[top]
