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Words for family members and other relatives in Hindi. Meaning. Hindi (हिन्दी) family. परिवार (parivāra) relation. रिश्ता (riśtā)
- Parents. Relation in English. Relation in Hindi. Father. बाप (bap), पिता (pita), पापा (papa), बाबा (baba), अप्पा (appa), अब्बू (abbu) Mother. माँ (ma), माता (mata), मम्मा (mamma), अम्मा (amma), मम्मी (mammi), अम्मी (ammi)
- Grandparents. Relation in English. Relation in Hindi. Father's father (paternal grandfather) दादा (dada), बाबा (baba) Father's mother (paternal grandmother)
- Great-grandparents. In Hindi, the prefix "great-" is given by the prefix "पर-". There is some ambiguity when talking about great-grandparents because, for example, the term "परदादा" (pardada) can refer to either your father's father's father or your father's mother's father.
- Siblings & Siblings-in-law. Relation in English. Relation in Hindi. Older brother. बड़ा भाई (bada bhai), भैया (bhaiya) Younger brother. छोटा भाई (chhota bhai)
Children and children-in-law. Son — बेटा (beta) or पुत्र (putra) Son's wife (daughter-in-law) — बहू (bahu) Daughter — बेटी (beti) or पुत्री (putri) Daughter's husband (son-in-law) — दामाद (damad) or जमाई (jamai) Grandchildren. Grandson (son's son) — पोता (pota)
Months name in Hindi-English (महीनो के नाम) Friends, you must know how important relationships are for us. If there is a family then there are relations. That’s why you should know at least the name of the relation in both Hindi and English languages.
Beti signifies a ‘daughter’. This term is endearingly used by parents for their female child. Beti, tumhara janamdin kab hai? (Daughter, when is your birthday?) Bhai translates to ‘brother’. In Hindi-speaking regions, it is also used to address males of similar age in a friendly manner. Bhai, tum kal school kyun nahi aaye?
Father: पापा (जी); The English term “papa” is most common, and it may be suffixed with जी for respect. The formal Hindi word is पिता (जी), but this is seldom used, just as one would seldom address one’s father as “father” in English. Sister: बहन / बहिन; An elder sister is called दीदी.
Hindi has special words for each specific family relationship. For example there are five words for “uncle” reflecting the five different kinds of uncle: 1. your mother’s brother. 2. your mother’s sister’s husband. 3. your father’s older brother. 4. your father’s younger brother.
