Words for family members and other relatives in Persian (فارسی), an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan.
| (Persian) فارسی | |
|---|---|
| family | (xânevâde) خانواده |
| parents | (pedar o mâdar) پدر و مادر (pedar-mâdar) پدرمادر (vâledeyn) والدین |
| father | (pedar) پدر (bâbâ) بابا (bâbâie) بابایی (pâpa) پاپا |
| mother | (mâdar) مادر (mâmân) مامان (mâmâni) مامانی |
| child | (bačče) بچه |
| son | (pesar) پسر |
| daughter | (doxtar) دختر |
| husband | (šowhar) شوهر |
| wife | (zan) زن |
| siblings | (xwâhar-barâdar) خواهربرادر (barâdar-xwâhar) برادرخواهر |
| brother | formal - (berâdar) برادر informal - (dâdâš) داداش informal - (dâdâši) داداشی |
| sister | formal - (xwâhar) خواهر informal - (âbji) آبجی |
| uncle | father’s brother - (amu) عمو mother’s brother - (dâyi) دایی |
| aunt | father’s sister - (amme) عمه mother’s sister - (xâle) خاله |
| cousin | maternal uncle’s child - (dâyizâde) دایی‌زاده maternal uncle’s son - (pesardâyi) پسردایی maternal aunt’s child - (xâlezâde) خاله‌زاده maternal aunt’s son - (pesarxâle) پسرخاله paternal uncle’s child - (amuzâde) عموزاده paternal uncle’s son - (pesaramu) پسرعمو paternal aunt’s child - (ammezâde) عمه‌زاده paternal aunt’s son - (pesaramme) پسرعمه |
| nephew | brother’s son - (pesar-e barâdar) پسر برادر maternal uncle’s daughter - (doxtardâyi) دختردایی maternal aunt’s daughter - (doxtarxâle) دخترخاله paternal uncle’s daughter - (doxtaramu) دخترعمو paternal aunt’s daughter - (doxtaramme) دخترعمه |
| niece | brother’s daughter - (doxtar-e barâdar) دختر برادر sister’s daughter - (doxtar-e xwâhar) دختر خواهر brother’s child - (barâdarzâde) برادرزاده sister’s child - (xwâharzâde) خواهرزاده |
| grandparents | (pedarbozorg-mâdarbozorg) پدربزرگ‌مادربزرگ |
| grandfather | (pedarbozorg) پدربزرگ |
| grandmother | (mâdarbozorg) مادربزرگ |
| grandchild | (nave) نوه |
| father-in-law | husband’s father - (pedaršowhar) پدرشوهر wife’s father - (pedarzan) پدرزن |
| mother-in-law | husband’s mother -(mâdaršowhar) مادرشوهر wife’s mother - (mâdarzan) مادرزن |
| brother-in-law | husband’s brother - (barâdaršowhar) برادرشوهر wife’s brother - (barâdarzan) برادرزن wife’s sister’s husband - (bâjenâǧ) باجناق |
| sister-in-law | husband’s sister - (xwâharšowhar) خواهرشوهر wife’s sister - (xwâharzan) خواهرزن husband’s brother’s wife - (jâri) جاری |
| son-in-law | daughter’s husband - (dâmâd) داماد |
| daughter-in-law | son’s wife - (arus) عروس |
Hear some Persian family words:
Information about Persian | Latin alphabets for Persian | Phrases | Numbers | Family Words | Tower of Babel | Links | Learning materials
Information about family words in Persian
https://sites.la.utexas.edu/persian_online_resources/vocabulary-lists/the-family/
https://www.jahanshiri.ir/fa/en/vocab-family
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Persian/Phrasebook/Family
Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Persian (Farsi), Urdu
Family words in other languages
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