Bengali family relations
Extended family
Bengali kinship vocabulary for grandparents, uncles, aunts and in-laws — paternal and maternal sides are distinct.
ঠাকুরদা / দাদু
ṭhākurdā / dādu
Paternal grandfather
ঠাকুমা / ঠাম্মা
ṭhākumā / ṭhāmmā
Paternal grandmother
দাদু
dādu
Maternal grandfather
দিদিমা
didimā
Maternal grandmother
কাকা
kākā
Father's younger brother
জ্যাঠা
jyāṭhā
Father's elder brother
মামা
māmā
Mother's brother (maternal uncle)
পিসি
pisi
Father's sister
মাসি
māsi
Mother's sister
শ্বশুর
śbôśur
Father-in-law
শাশুড়ি
śāśuṛi
Mother-in-law
বৌদি
boudi
Elder brother's wife
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