Vocabulary: Family
- Core family
- Grandparents and grandchildren
- Nephews, nieces and children-in-law
- Uncles, aunts and cousins
- Husband's and wife's family
Core family🠉
بَيّ بي | 'abb bayy ![]() | father |
bᾱbα | dad | |
'imm | mother | |
mᾱmα | mom | |
خَيّ خي | 'aḫḫ ḫayy ![]() | brother |
إخْت إخت | 'uḫt ![]() 'iḫt ![]() | sister |
walad | child; son; boy | |
'ibᵉn | son | |
bint | daughter; girl | |
'abu ... | father of ... | |
'aḫu ... | brother of ... | |
بَيِّي أَبِي بيي أبي | 'abūy ![]() bayyi ![]() 'abi ![]() | my father |
خَيِّي أَخِي خيي أخي | 'aḫūy ![]() ḫayyi ![]() 'aḫi ![]() | my brother |
The words for “father” and “brother” have special forms in the constructive case and before suffix pronouns.
Grandparents and grandchildren🠉
سِيد سيد | jidd sīd | grandfather |
سِتّ ست | jidde sitt | grandmother |
tēta | grandma | |
ḥafīd | grandson | |
ḥafīde | granddaughter | |
Nephews, nieces and children-in-law🠉
kinne | brother's wife; son's wife (daughter-in-law) | |
'ibn 'aḫḫ | brother's son (nephew) | |
bint 'aḫḫ | brother's daughter (niece) | |
ṣihᵉr | sister's husband; daughter's husband (son-in-law) | |
'ibn 'uḫt | sister's son (nephew) | |
bint 'uḫt | sister's daughter (niece) | |
There are no words for “nephew” and “niece” in Arabic. They are called “son/daughter of brother/sister” instead.
Uncles, aunts and cousins🠉
ˁamm | father's brother (uncle) | |
mαrt ˁamm | father's brother's wife | |
ˁamme | father's sister (aunt) | |
jōz ˁamme | father's sister's husband | |
ḫāl | mother's brother (uncle) | |
mαrt ḫāl | mother's brother's wife | |
ḫāle | mother's sister (aunt) | |
jōz ḫāle | mother's sister's husband | |
'ibᵉn ˁamm/ˁamme/ḫāl/ḫāle | male cousin | |
bint ˁamm/ˁamme/ḫāl/ḫāle | female cousin | |
There are no words for “cousin” in Arabic. They are called “son/daughter of uncle/aunt” instead.
Husband's and wife's family🠉
jōz | husband | |
ḥamu | husband's father; husband's brother | |
ḥamā | husband's mother; husband's sister | |
silf | husband's sister's husband | |
silfe | husband's brother's wife | |
mαrα | wife | |
nsīb | wife's father; wifes brother | |
nsībe | wife's mother; wifes sister | |
ˁadīl | wife's sister's husband | |
ˁadīle | wife's brother's wife | |