Words for family members in Croatian, a South Slavic language spoken mainly in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and neighbouring countries.
| Croatian (Hrvatski) | |
|---|---|
| family | obitelj |
| parents | roditelji |
| father | otac |
| mother | mama majka mater |
| children | djeca |
| son | sin |
| daughter | kći |
| husband | muž |
| wife | žena |
| brother | brat |
| sister | sestra |
| uncle | striko (father's brother) ujko (mother's brother) tetak (parent's sister's husband) |
| aunt | strina (father's brother's wife) ujna (mother's brother's wife) tetka (parent's sister) |
| cousin | rođak |
| nephew | nećak bratanac sestrić |
| niece | nećakinja bratanica sestričina |
| grandparents | deda i baba |
| grandfather | djed |
| grandmother | baka |
| grandchildren | unučadi |
| grandson | unuk |
| granddaughter | unuka |
| great grandfather | pradjed |
| great grandmother | prabaka |
| father-in-law | svekar tast |
| mother-in-law | svekrva |
| brother-in-law | zet |
| sister-in-law | snaha |
Corrections by Robert Jozic
Hear some Croatian family words:
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=197265
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbo-Croatian_kinship
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