Levantine Arabic

Vocabulary: Family

Core family🠉

أَبّ
بَيّأب
بي		'abb
bayy 		father
بَابَاباباbᾱbαdad
إمّإم'immmother
مَامَاماماmᾱmαmom
أَخّ
خَيّأخ
خي		'aḫḫ
ḫayy 		brother
أُخْت
إخْتأخت
إخت		'uḫt
'iḫt 		sister
وَلَدولدwaladchild; son; boy
اِبْنابن'ibᵉnson
بِنْتبنتbintdaughter; girl
أَبُوأبو'abu ...father of ...
أَخُوأخو'aḫu ...brother of ...
أَبُوي
بَيِّي
أَبِيأبوي
بيي
أبي		'abūy
bayyi
'abi 		my father
أَخُوي
خَيِّي
أَخِيأخوي
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🠉

جِدّ
سِيدجد
سيد		jidd
sīd		grandfather
جِدِّة
سِتّجدة
ست		jidde
sitt		grandmother
تَيتَاتيتاtētagrandma
حَفِيدحفيدḥafīdgrandson
حَفِيدِةحفيدةḥafīdegranddaughter

Nephews, nieces and children-in-law🠉

كِنِّةكنةkinnebrother's wife;
son's wife (daughter-in-law)
اِبْنْ أَخّابن أخ'ibn 'aḫḫbrother's son (nephew)
بِنْتْ أَخّبنت أخbint 'aḫḫbrother's daughter (niece)
صِهْرصهرṣihᵉrsister's husband;
daughter's husband (son-in-law)
اِبْنْ أُخْتابن أخت'ibn 'uḫtsister's son (nephew)
بِنْتْ أْخْتبنت أختbint 'uḫtsister'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🠉

عَمّعمˁammfather's brother (uncle)
مَرْةْ عَمّمرة عمmαrt ˁammfather's brother's wife
عَمِّةعمةˁammefather's sister (aunt)
جَوزْ عَمِةجوز عمةjōz ˁammefather's sister's husband
خَالخالḫālmother's brother (uncle)
مَرْةْ خَالمرة خالmαrt ḫālmother's brother's wife
خَالِةخالةḫālemother's sister (aunt)
جَوزْ خَالِةجوز خالةjōz ḫālemother's sister's husband


اِبْنْ عَمّ/عَمِّة/خَال/خَالِةابن عم/عمة/خال/خالة'ibᵉn ˁamm/ˁamme/ḫāl/ḫālemale cousin
بِنْتْ عَمّ/عَمِّة/خَال/خَالِةبنت عم/عمة/خال/خالةbint ˁamm/ˁamme/ḫāl/ḫālefemale cousin

There are no words for “cousin” in Arabic. They are called “son/daughter of uncle/aunt” instead.

Husband's and wife's family🠉

جَوزجوزjōzhusband
حَامُوحاموḥamuhusband's father;
husband's brother
حَمَاةحماةḥamāhusband's mother;
husband's sister
سِلْفسلفsilfhusband's sister's husband
سِلْفِةسلفةsilfehusband's brother's wife
مَرَةمرةmαrαwife
نْسِيبنسيبnsībwife's father;
wifes brother
نْسِيبِةنسيبةnsībewife's mother;
wifes sister
عَدِيلعديلˁadīlwife's sister's husband
عَدِيلِةعديلةˁadīlewife's brother's wife