مادر

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مادَر • (mâdar) (plural مادران (mâdarân))

مادَر (canonical)
mâdar (romanization)
مادران (plural)
مادر (singular)
مادران، مادرا (mâdarấn, mâdarấ^△) (colloquial plural)
مادر را، مادر رو (mâdar râ, mâdaro^△) (colloquial definite direct-object singular)
مادر (ezafe singular)
مادران، مادرای (mâdarấn-e, mâdarấ-ye^△) (colloquial ezafe plural)
مادری (definite relative singular)
مادری (indefinite singular stressed)
مادرانی، مادرایی (mâdarấn-i, mâdarấi^△) (colloquial definite plural relative)
مادرانی، مادرایی (mâdarấn-i, mâdarấi^△) (colloquial indefinite plural stressed)
مادرم (first-person possessive singular)
مادرانم، مادرام (mâdarấnam, mâdarấm^△) (colloquial first-person possessive singular)
مادرت (second-person singular)
مادرانت، مادرات (mâdarấnat, mâdarất^△) (colloquial second-person singular)
مادرش (possessive singular third-person)
مادرانش، مادراش (mâdarấnaš, mâdarấš^△) (colloquial possessive singular third-person)

→ Ottoman Turkish: مادر

Turkish: mader

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→ Urdu: مادر

→ Urdu: مادر

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭠𐭲𐭥 (mādar), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (mātā), from Proto-Iranian *máHtā (compare Northern Kurdish mak, Baluchi مات (mát), Pashto مور (mor), Ossetian мад (mad), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā (compare Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Hindi माता (mātā), माँ (mā̃)), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (compare Armenian մայր (mayr), Greek μητέρα (mitéra), Russian мать (matʹ), Italian madre, English mother).

دائیتم. مادرت خواهرمه.

I'm your (maternal) uncle. Your mother is my sister.

فردا باید برم خونه مادرم.

I need to go to my mother's house tomorrow.


شوهر

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شُوْهَر • (šowhar) (plural شوهران (šowharân) or شوهرها (šowhar-hâ))

شُوْهَر (canonical)
šowhar (romanization)
شوهران (plural)
شوهرها (plural)
شوهر (singular)
شوهران، شوهرا (šowharấn, šowharấ^△) (colloquial plural)
شوهر را، شوهر رو (šowhar râ, šowharo^△) (colloquial definite direct-object singular)
شوهر (ezafe singular)
شوهری (definite relative singular)
شوهری (indefinite singular stressed)
شوهرم (first-person possessive singular)
شوهرت (second-person singular)
شوهرش (possessive singular third-person)

→ Bengali: শওহর (śoōhor)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: शौहर (śauhar)

Urdu: شَوہَر (śauhar)

From Proto-Iranian *fšautar, from Proto-Iranian *fšau- (“to raise cattle”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect; to shepherd”). Compare Khotanese [script needed] (kṣondai, “husband”), Yidgha [script needed] (šfuy, “husband”), Avestan 𐬟𐬱𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬥𐬝 (fšuiiant̰, “husbandman, commoner”).

cog

مَن و شُوْهَرَم دو تا پِسَر و سِه تا دُخْتَر داریم.

My husband and I have two sons and three daughters.

man o šowhar-am do tâ pesar o se tâ doxtar dârim.


دختر

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دُخْتَر • (doxtar) (plural دختران (doxtarân) or دخترها (doxtar-hâ))

دُخْتَر (canonical)
doxtar (romanization)
دختران (plural)
دخترها (plural)
دختر (singular)
دختران، دخترا (doxtarấn, doxtarấ^△) (plural)
دختر را، دختر رو (doxtar râ, doxtaro^△) (definite direct-object singular)
دختر (ezafe singular)
دختری (definite relative singular)
دختری (indefinite singular stressed)
دخترم (first-person possessive singular)
دخترت (second-person singular)
دخترش (possessive singular third-person)
دختر (singular)
duxtar (singular)
دختران (plural)
duxtarā́n (plural)
دختر را (definite direct-object singular)
duxtar rā́ (definite direct-object singular)
دختر ره (Dari colloquial definite direct-object singular)
duxtara (definite direct-object singular)
دختران را (definite direct-object plural)
duxtarā́n rā́ (definite direct-object plural)
دخترا ره (Dari colloquial definite direct-object plural)
duxtarā́ ra (definite direct-object plural)
دختر (singular)
duxtar-i (singular)
دختران (plural)
duxtarā́n-i (plural)
دخترای (Dari colloquial plural)
duxtarā́-yi (plural)
دختری (singular)
duxtar-ē (singular)
دخترانی (plural)
duxtarā́n-ē (plural)
دخترایی (Dari colloquial plural)
duxtarā́-yē (plural)
دخترم (first-person possessive singular)
دخترت (second-person singular)
دخترش، دخترشِی (duxtaraš, duxtaršī^△) (possessive singular third-person)
دخترتان (plural possessive second-person)
دخترشان (plural possessive third-person)

→ Gujarati: દુખ્તર (dukhtar)

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Lisan ud-Dawat Gujarati: دُخْتَر (duxtar)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: दुख़्तर (duxtar)

Urdu: دُخْتَر (duxtar)

→ Marwari:

Devanagari script: दूखतर (dūkhtar)

Mahajani script: 𑅥𑅒𑅖𑅣𑅭 (dukhtr)

→ Sindhi: duxtari

Arabic script: دُخْتَرِ

Devanagari script: दुख़्तरि

Khudabadi script: 𑋏𑋣𑊻𑋩𑋪𑋍𑋙𑋡

[d̪ʊx.t̪ʰäɾ]

[d̪ʊx.t̪ʰäɾ]

[d̪ʊx.t̪ʰäɾ]

[d̪uχ.t̪ʰäɾ]

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dwhtl /duxtar/), oblique case of [Book Pahlavi needed] (dwht' /duxt/), from Old Persian *duxçī-, from Proto-Iranian *dúgdā. Cognate with Vedic Sanskrit दुहिता (duhitā), Northern Kurdish dot, Pashto لور (lur), Mazanderani دتر (deter), Baluchi دہت (duht).


خاندان

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خانْدان • (xândân)

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خانْدان • (xândân)

خانْدان (canonical)
xândân (romanization)

→ Bengali: খানদান (khanodan)

→ Gujarati: ખાનદાન (khāndān)

→ Uzbek: xonadon

→ Turkish: hanedan

[xɑːn̪.d̪ɑ́ːn]

[xɑːn̪.d̪ɑ́ːn]

[xɑːn̪.d̪ɑ́ːn]

[xɔːn̪.d̪ɔ́ːn]

[xɒːn̪.d̪ɒ́ːn]

[χɔn̪.d̪ɔ́n]


فامیل

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فامیل • (fâmil)

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فامیل • (fâmil)


مادربزرگ

[mɑː.d̪äɾ bʊ.zʊɾɡ]

[mɑː.d̪äɾ bʊ.zʊɾɡ]

[mɑː.d̪äɾ bʊ.zʊɾɡ]


برادر

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برادر • (barādar /barâdar or birādar /berâdar) (plural برادران or برادرها)

barādar (romanization)
barâdar (romanization)
birādar (romanization)
berâdar (romanization)
برادران (plural)
برادرها (plural)
برادرم (first-person possessive singular)
برادرت (second-person singular)
برادرش (possessive singular third-person)
برادرم (first-person possessive singular)
برادرت (second-person singular)
برادرش (possessive singular third-person)

→ Bashkir: борадәр (boradər)

→ Bengali: বেরাদর (berador)

→ Gujarati: બિરાદર (birādar)

→ Hindustani: birādar

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Hindi: बिरादर

Hindi: बिरादर

Urdu: بِرادَر

Urdu: بِرادَر

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→ Ottoman Turkish: برادر (birader), براذر (bürazer, birazer)
Turkish: birader, biladar, bilader, bilâzer, bilezer (dialectal)
→ Albanian: birazer, byrazer, bilazer, birazel, burazer
→⇒ Armenian: Պիլեզերյան (Pilezeryan), Պիլզերյան (Pilzeryan)
→⇒ Bulgarian: Билезер (Bilezer), Билезеров (Bilezerov), Билядеров (Biljaderov)
→ Serbo-Croatian: бура́зер /burázer

→ Punjabi: barādar

Gurmukhi script: ਬਰਾਦਰ

Shahmukhi script: بَرادَر

→ Uzbek: birodar

→ Hindustani: birādarān

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Hindi: बिरादरान

Hindi: बिरादरान

Urdu: بِرادَران

Urdu: بِرادَران

[bɪ.ɾɑː.d̪ǽɾ]

[bɪ.ɾɑː.d̪ǽɾ]

[bæ.ɹɒː.d̪ǽɹ]

[bä.ɾɔ.d̪ǽɾ]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (brād, brādar), from Old Persian 𐎲𐎼𐎠𐎫𐎠 (brātā), from Proto-Iranian *bráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Cognate with English brother.

inh

(Iran, colloquial) dude (term of address for man)


پدر

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پِدَر • (pedar) (plural پدران (pedarân) or پدرها (pedar-hâ))

پِدَر (canonical)
pedar (romanization)
پدران (plural)
پدرها (plural)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: पिदर (pidar)

Urdu: پدر (pidar)

→ Ottoman Turkish: پدر

Turkish: peder

From Middle Persian 𐭓𐭐𐭃 (pidar), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠 (pitā), from Proto-Iranian *pHtā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pHtā́ (compare Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ), Hindi पिता (pitā), बाप (bāp)), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.


پدربزرگ

[pʰä.d̪äɾ.bʊ.zʊɾɡ]

[pʰä.d̪äɾ.bʊ.zʊɾɡ]

[pʰä.d̪äɾ.bʊ.zʊɾɡ]


عمو

'amu (romanization)
عموها (plural)
عمو (singular)
عموها، عموا ('amu-hấ, 'amuấ^△) (colloquial plural)
عمو را، عمو رو ('amú râ, 'amú ro^△) (colloquial definite direct-object singular)
عموی (ezafe singular)
عموهای، عموای ('amu-hấ-ye, 'amuấ-ye^△) (colloquial ezafe plural)
عمویی (definite relative singular)
عمویی (indefinite singular stressed)
عموهایی، عموایی ('amu-hấ-i, 'amuấ-i^△) (colloquial definite plural relative)
عموهایی، عموایی ('amu-hấ-i, 'amuấ-i^△) (colloquial indefinite plural stressed)
عمویم، عموم ('amúyam, 'amúm^△) (colloquial first-person possessive singular)
عمویت، عموت ('amúyat, 'amút^△) (colloquial second-person singular)
عمویش، عموش ('amúyaš, 'amúš^△) (colloquial possessive singular third-person)
عمویمان، عمومون ('amúyemân, 'amúmun^△) (colloquial first-person plural possessive)
عمویتان، عموتون ('amúyetân, 'amútun^△) (colloquial plural possessive second-person)
عمویشان، عموشون ('amúyešân, 'amúšun^△) (colloquial plural possessive third-person)

→ Khalaj: amı


فرزند

فَرزَند • (farzand) (plural فَرزَندان or فَرزَندها)

فَرزَند (canonical)
farzand (romanization)
فَرزَندان (plural)
فَرزَندها (plural)

→ Bengali: ফরজন্দ (phorjondo)

→ Gujarati: ફરજંદ (pharjand)

→ Kazakh: перзент (perzent)

→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਫ਼ਰਜ਼ੰਦ (farzand)

Shahmukhi script: فرزند (farzand)

→ Urdu: فرزند (farzand)

From Middle Persian [script needed] (prznd /frazand/, “child, son”) (Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (frzynd, przynd)), from Proto-Iranian *frazanti-, from Proto-Iranian *fra- (“forward, pro-”) + a root descended from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, give birth”).


بچه

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بَچه or بَچّه • (bače or bačče) (plural بچگان (bačegân) or بچهها (bače-hâ))

بَچه (canonical)
بَچّه (canonical)
bače (romanization)
bačče (romanization)
بچگان (plural)
بچهها (plural)
بچه (singular)
بچهها، بچها (bače-hấ, bačeấ^△) (colloquial plural)
بچه را، بچه رو (bačé râ, bačá ro^△) (colloquial definite direct-object singular)
بچهٔ (ezafe singular)
بچههای، بچهای (bače-hấ-ye, bačeấ-ye^△) (colloquial ezafe plural)
بچهای (definite relative singular)
بچهای (indefinite singular stressed)
بچهام، بچم (bačé-am, bačám^△) (colloquial first-person possessive singular)
بچههایم، بچههام (bače-hấyam, bačeấm^△) (colloquial first-person possessive singular)
بچهات، بچت (bačé-at, bačát^△) (colloquial second-person singular)
بچههایت، بچههات (bače-hấyat, bačeất^△) (colloquial second-person singular)
بچهاش، بچش (bačé-aš, bačáš^△) (colloquial possessive singular third-person)
بچههایش، بچههاش (bače-hấyaš, bačeấš^△) (colloquial possessive singular third-person)

→ Khalaj: bəççə

[bät͡ʃ.t͡ʃʰä]

[bät͡ʃ.t͡ʃʰä]

[bät͡ʃ.t͡ʃʰä]

[bät͡ʃ.t͡ʃʰä]

[bät͡ʃ.t͡ʃʰä]

From Middle Persian wck' (wačag, “child, baby, cub”), from Proto-Iranian *wacáh (“calf”).


همسر

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هَمسَر • (hamsar) (plural همسران (hamsarân))

هَمسَر (canonical)
hamsar (romanization)
همسران (plural)


خاله

xâle (romanization)
خالهها (plural)
خاله (singular)
خالهها، خالها (xâle-hấ, xâleấ^△) (colloquial plural)
خاله را، خاله رو (xâlé râ, xâlá ro^△) (colloquial definite direct-object singular)
خالهٔ (ezafe singular)
خالهای (definite relative singular)
خالهای (indefinite singular stressed)
خالهام، خالم (xâlé-am, xâlám^△) (colloquial first-person possessive singular)
خالهات، خالت (xâlé-at, xâlát^△) (colloquial second-person singular)
خالهاش، خالش (xâlé-aš, xâláš^△) (colloquial possessive singular third-person)

→ Khalaj: xâla


مامان

مامان • (mâmân)

fa-noun

مامان • (mâmân)


پاپا

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پاپا • (pâpâ)

fa-noun

پاپا • (pâpâ)

[pʰɑː.pʰɑ́ː]

[pʰɑː.pʰɑ́ː]

[pʰɑː.pʰɑ́ː]

[pʰɔː.pʰɔ́ː]

[pʰɒː.pʰɒ́ː]

بابا بابا#Persian


ازدواج

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اِزدِواج • (ezdevâj) (plural اِزدِواجها (ezdevâj-hâ))

اِزدِواج (canonical)
ezdevâj (romanization)
اِزدِواجها (plural)

→ Gujarati: ઇઝદિવાજ (ijhadivāj)

→ Urdu: ازدواج (izdivāj)

[ʔɪz.d̪ɪ.wɑ́ːd͡ʒ]

[ʔɪz.d̪ɪ.wɑ́ːd͡ʒ]

[ʔɪz.d̪ɪ.wɑ́ːd͡ʒ]

حکمتی که بود حق را ز ازدواج
 گشت حاصل از نیاز و از لجاج

c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 3428:

The providential purpose that God had—namely, humble supplication or obstinate contumacy—was fulfilled by means of the marriage [of body and spirit].

hikmatē ki būd haqq rā z-izdiwāj
 gašt hāsil az niyāz u az lajāj


نوه

→ Azerbaijani: nəvə

→ Khalaj: nəvə

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (np /nab/, “grandson”), from Old Persian 𐎴𐎱𐎠 (napā), from Proto-Iranian *napāth, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nápāts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂népōts, *népōts. Compare Sanskrit नपात् (napāt, “grandson”), Latin nepōs (“grandson”), English nephew.


پیر

→ Azerbaijani: pir

→ Bengali: পীর (pīr)

→ English: pir

→ Saraiki: پیر (pīr)

→ Sylheti: ꠙꠤꠞ (fir)

→ Urdu: پیر (pīr)

From Middle Persian 𐬞𐬌𐬭 (pyl /pīr/, “old, aged, ancient”), from Proto-Iranian *paru- (“ash-gray, pale gray, hoary”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *parHušás (“gray”); compare Sanskrit परुष (paruṣa, “spotted, rough”) and English pale.


دی

Dey, the tenth month of the solar Persian calendar.


نیا

From Middle Persian nydʾk' (niyāg, “grandfather; ancestor”). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian nyʾg (niyāg).


اتا

atâ (romanization)
اتا (singular)
atā́ (singular)
اتای (Dari colloquial singular)
atā́y (singular)
اتاها (plural)
atā-hā́ (plural)
اتایا (Dari colloquial plural)
atāy-yā́ (plural)
اتارا (definite direct-object singular)
atā́ rā (definite direct-object singular)
اتایره (Dari colloquial definite direct-object singular)
atā́y ra (definite direct-object singular)
اتاها را (definite direct-object plural)
atā-hā́ rā (definite direct-object plural)
اتایاره (Dari colloquial definite direct-object plural)
atāy-yā́ ra (definite direct-object plural)
اتای (singular)
atā́-yi (singular)
اتاهای (plural)
atā-hā́-yi (plural)
اتایای (Dari colloquial plural)
atāy-yā́-yi (plural)
اتایی (singular)
atā́-yē (singular)
اتاهایی (plural)
atā-hā́-yē (plural)
اتایایی (Dari colloquial plural)
atāy-yā́-yē (plural)
اتایم (first-person possessive singular)
اتایت (second-person singular)
اتایش، اتایْشِی (atā́yaš, atā́yšī^△) (colloquial possessive singular third-person)
اتایتان (plural possessive second-person)
اتایشان (plural possessive third-person)


کل

A cry of joy that women cheer in weddings.


خانواده

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خانِوادِه • (xâne-vâde) (plural خانوادهها (xâne-vâde-hâ))

خانِوادِه (canonical)
xâne-vâde (romanization)
خانوادهها (plural)

A compound composed of خانه (xâneh) + واده (-wâdeh), the latter part is most likely either a clipping of Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] ('wb'tk /āwādag/, “generation, progeny”), or etymologically related to it. Compare نواده (nawādeh, “grandchild, descendant”).


بو

bu (romanization)
بوها (plural)
بو (singular)
بوها، بوا (bu-hấ, buấ^△) (colloquial plural)
بو را، بو رو (bú râ, bú ro^△) (colloquial definite direct-object singular)
بوها را، بوا رو (bu-hấ râ, buấ ro^△) (colloquial definite direct-object plural)
بوی (ezafe singular)
بوهای، بوای (bu-hấ-ye, buấ-ye^△) (colloquial ezafe plural)
بویی (definite relative singular)
بویی (indefinite singular stressed)
بوهایی، بوایی (bu-hấ-i, buấ-i^△) (colloquial definite plural relative)
بوهایی، بوایی (bu-hấ-i, buấ-i^△) (colloquial indefinite plural stressed)

→ Bengali: বু (bu)

→ Urdu: بو (bū)

From Middle Persian [Term?], from Proto-Iranian *bawd- (“to smell”), which is perhaps a semantic specialization of Proto-Iranian *bawd- (“to feel, sense”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”). Akin to Old Armenian բոյր (boyr), an Iranian borrowing.

آی گل ریحون چنین بویی نداره یار گلم

Ah, even the basil flower doesn't smell like this, my dear friend.

ây gol-e reyhun čenin bu-yi nadâre yâr golom


دائی

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دائی • (dâ'i)

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دائی • (dâ'i)

دایی دایی#Persian


خشونت خانگی

[xʊ.ʃuː.nǽ.t̪ʰɪ xɑː.nä.ɡíː]

[xʊ.ʃuː.nǽ.t̪ʰɪ xɑː.nä.ɡíː]

[xʊ.ʃuː.nǽ.t̪ʰɪ xɑː.nä.ɡíː]

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داداش

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داداش • (dâdâš) (plural داداشها (dâdâš-hâ))

[d̪ɑː.d̪ɑ́ːʃ]

[d̪ɑː.d̪ɑ́ːʃ]

[d̪ɑː.d̪ɑ́ːʃ]

[d̪ɔː.d̪ɔ́ːʃ]

[d̪ɒː.d̪ɒ́ːʃ]

Borrowed from Turkic. Compare Azerbaijani qardaş, Turkish dadaş (eastern dialectal), Turkish kardeş, Gagauz kardaş.

(very informal, in the vocative) dude, bro. Used to address a young male friend


هوو

→ Khalaj: havû

From earlier form هبو (habô) from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hbwk' /habōg/) from Proto-Iranian *hapáθniH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sapátniH (“co-wife, concubine”) from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥pótnih₂ (“co-wife”), made up from *sm̥- (“together, co-”) + *pótnih₂ (“wife”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍 (hapaθnī, “co-wife”), Pashto بن (bën), Northern Kurdish hewî, Central Kurdish ھەوێ (hewê) and Baluchi ہپوک (hapók).


همشیره

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همشیره • (hamšire) (plural همشیرگان (hamširegân))

hamšire (romanization)
همشیرگان (plural)

[ʔäm.ʃiː.ɾǽ]

Equivalent to هم (ham, “also, too, similarly, same”) + شیر (šir, “milk”) (i.e. someone one shares mother's milk with).


خوهر

From Middle Persian [script needed] (xwah(ar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swasar-, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.


باجی

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باجی • (bâji)

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باجی • (bâji)

→ Gujarati: બાજી (bājī)

→ Khalaj: bâcı

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: बाजी (bājī)

Urdu: باجی (bājī)

→ Punjabi: باجی (bājī)

[bɑː.ˈd͡ʒiː]

Borrowed from Turkic, compare Turkish bacı.


داماد

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داماد • (dâmâd) (plural دامادها (dâmâd-hâ))

→ Alviri-Vidari: دماد

→ Bengali: দামাদ (damad)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: दामाद (dāmād)

Urdu: داماد (dāmād)

→ Khalaj: dâmâd

→ Ottoman Turkish: داماد (dâmâd)

Turkish: damat

→⇒ Armenian: Տամատյան (Tamatyan)

→? Proto-Circassian: *tħamada

Adyghe: тхьаматэ (tḥamatɛ)

Kabardian: тхьэмадэ (tḥɛmadɛ) (see there for further descendants)

→ Punjabi:dāmād

Gurmukhi script: ਦਾਮਾਦ

Shahmukhi script: داماد (dāmād)

[d̪ɑː.mɑːd̪]

[d̪ɑː.mɑːd̪]

[d̪ɑː.mɑːd̪]

[d̪ɔː.mɔːd̪̥]

[d̪ɒː.mɒːd̪̥]

[d̪ɒː.mɒːd̪̥]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾmʾt' /dāmād/), from Old Persian *𐎭𐎠𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎼 (*d-a-m-a-t-r /dāmātar-/), from Proto-Iranian *jā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”).
Cognate with Northern Kurdish zava, Pashto زوم (zum), Avestan 𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (zāmātar), Sanskrit जामातृ (jāmātṛ), Ancient Greek γαμβρός (gambrós).


شوی

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شوی • (ševi)

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شوی • (ševi)


پور

Borrowed from Bactrian πορο (poro), πουρο (pouro, “son”), from Proto-Iranian *puθráh. Compare Sogdian [script needed] (puric, “lady”), also a Bactrian borrowing. Akin to Avestan 𐬞𐬎𐬚𐬭𐬀 (puθra), Parthian 𐭁𐭓𐭉 (BRY /puhr/). Previously considered a Parthian borrowing.

Francolinus francolinus
Francolinus francolinus#Translingual

(Sistani) (black) francolin, Francolinus francolinus


خالو

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خالو • (xâlu)

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خالو • (xâlu)


پدرشوهر

[pʰä.d̪äɾ.ʃäw.häɾ]

[pʰɪ.d̪äɾ.ʃäw.häɾ]

[pʰä.d̪äɾ.ʃäw.häɾ]

[pʰɪ.d̪äɾ.ʃäw.häɾ]

[pʰä.d̪äɾ.ʃä.wäɾ]

[pʰɪ.d̪äɾ.ʃä.wäɾ]

[pʰä.d̪äɾ.ʃä.wäɾ]

[pʰä.d̪äɾ.ʃäw.häɾ]


دایی

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دایی • (dâyi)

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دایی • (dâyi)

→ Khalaj: dâyı

A Turkic borrowing: compare Turkish dayı, Azerbaijani dayı.

(chiefly Iran) maternal uncle (mother's brother)


مادرشوهر

[mɑː.d̪äɾ.ʃäw.häɾ]

[mɑː.d̪äɾ.ʃäw.häɾ]

[mɑː.d̪äɾ.ʃä.wäɾ]

[mɔː.d̪äɾ.ʃä.wäɾ]


نامادری

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نامادری • (nâmâdari)

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نامادری • (nâmâdari)


عروسی

[ʔä.ɾuː.síː]

[ʔä.ɾuː.síː]

[ʔä.ɾuː.síː]

[ʔæ.ɹuː.síː]

بسی ساز عروسی کرده شهرو
عروسش ویسه و داماد ویرو

c. 1030, Fakhr al-Dīn Asʿad Gurgānī, ويس و رامين [Vīs u Rāmīn]:

Shahru made many preparations for the wedding feast;
Vīsa was the bride for it, and the groom was Vīrū.

basē sāz-i arūsī karda šahrū
arūs-aš wīsa u dāmād wīrū


والده

wālida (romanization)
vâlede (romanization)

Borrowed from Arabic وَالِدَة (wālida). By surface analysis, والد (wālid /vâled) + ـه (-a /-e).


عروس

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عروس • ('arus) (plural عروسها ('arus-hâ))

Borrowed from Arabic عَرُوس (ʕarūs). Displaced Persian بیو (bayu) to a large extent.


آبجی

[ʔɒːb.d͡ʒíː]

A contraction of earlier آغاباجی (âğâbâji), from Azerbaijani ağabacı, analyzable as ağa (“great”) and bacı (“sister”). Compare Turkish abla (“elder sister”).

(colloquial) sister (either older or younger)


ببا

ببا • (böbâ)

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ببا • (böbâ)


ماما

māmā (romanization)
ماماها (plural)
ماما (singular)
māmā́ (singular)
مامای (Dari colloquial singular)
māmā́y (singular)
ماماها (plural)
māmā-hā́ (plural)
مامایا (Dari colloquial plural)
māmāy-yā́ (plural)
مامارا (definite direct-object singular)
māmā́ rā (definite direct-object singular)
مامایره (Dari colloquial definite direct-object singular)
māmā́y ra (definite direct-object singular)
ماماها را (definite direct-object plural)
māmā-hā́ rā (definite direct-object plural)
مامایاره (Dari colloquial definite direct-object plural)
māmāy-yā́ ra (definite direct-object plural)
مامای (singular)
māmā́-yi (singular)
ماماهای (plural)
māmā-hā́-yi (plural)
مامایای (Dari colloquial plural)
māmāy-yā́-yi (plural)
مامایی (singular)
māmā́-yē (singular)
ماماهایی (plural)
māmā-hā́-yē (plural)
مامایایی (Dari colloquial plural)
māmāy-yā́-yē (plural)
مامایم (first-person possessive singular)
مامایت (second-person singular)
مامایتان (plural possessive second-person)
مامایشان (plural possessive third-person)

Akin to Pashto, Baluchi, and Urdu ماما (māmā), as well as Sanskrit and Hindi मामा (māmā). All with the same meaning. Ultimately derived from Proto-Dravidian *māma.


ماما

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ماما • (mâmâ)

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ماما • (mâmâ)


پسی

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پسی • (posê)

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پسی • (posê)


دخدر

(dialectal, Hamadan) girl, gal, lass, maid


دوما

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دوما • (dumâ)

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دوما • (dumâ)

(dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) bridegroom

(dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) son-in-law


عمه

'amme (romanization)
عمهها (plural)
عمه (singular)
عمهها، عمها ('amme-hấ, 'ammeấ^△) (colloquial plural)
عمه را، عمه رو ('ammé râ, 'ammá ro^△) (colloquial definite direct-object singular)
عمهٔ (ezafe singular)
عمهای (definite relative singular)
عمهای (indefinite singular stressed)
عمهام، عمم ('ammé-am, 'ammám^△) (colloquial first-person possessive singular)
عمهات، عمت ('ammé-at, 'ammát^△) (colloquial second-person singular)
عمهاش، عمش ('ammé-aš, 'ammáš^△) (colloquial possessive singular third-person)

→ Khalaj: ammə

Coordinate term: خاله (xâle)


شوهرخاله

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شوهرخاله • (šowharxâle) (plural شوهرخالهها (šowharxâle-hâ))

šowharxâle (romanization)
شوهرخالهها (plural)
شوهرخاله (singular)
شوهرخالهٔ (ezafe singular)
شوهرخالهای (definite relative singular)
شوهرخالهای (indefinite singular stressed)


مجرد

مجرد • (mojarrad) (plural مجردها (mojarrad-hâ) or مجردان (mojarradân))

mojarrad (romanization)
مجردها (plural)
مجردان (plural)
مجرد (singular)
مجرد (ezafe singular)
مجردی (definite relative singular)
مجردی (indefinite singular stressed)
مجردم (first-person possessive singular)
مجردت (second-person singular)
مجردش (possessive singular third-person)
مجردم (first-person singular)
mojarradam (first-person singular)
مجردیم (first-person plural)
mojarradim (first-person plural)
مجردی (second-person singular)
mojarradi (second-person singular)
مجردید (plural second-person)
mojarradid (plural second-person)
مجردین (colloquial plural second-person)
mojarradin (plural second-person)
مجرد است (singular third-person)
mojarrad ast (singular third-person)
مجرده (colloquial singular third-person)
mojarrade (singular third-person)
مجردند (plural third-person)
mojarradand (plural third-person)
مجردن (colloquial plural third-person)
mojarradan (plural third-person)

/mod͡ʒæɾˈɾæd/


ننه

نَنِه or نَنَه • (nane or nana) (plural ننهها (nane-hâ))

نَنِه (canonical)
نَنَه (canonical)
nane (romanization)
nana (romanization)
ننهها (plural)

fa:ننه و بابا

(chiefly Dari, informal, childish or dated) mother


بی‌بی

بیبی (canonical)
bi-bi (romanization)
بیبی (singular)
بیبیها، بیبیا (bibi-hấ, bibiấ^△) (colloquial plural)
بیبی را، بیبی رو (bibí râ, bibí ro^△) (colloquial definite direct-object singular)
بیبی (ezafe singular)
بیبی (definite relative singular)
بیبی (indefinite singular stressed)

→ Bengali: বিবি (bibi)

→ Gujarati: બીબી (bībī)

→ Hindi: बीबी (bībī)
→ English: bibi

→ Khalaj: bîbi

→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਬੀਬੀ (bībī)

Shahmukhi script: بیبی (bībī)

→? Romani: bibi


والد

والِد • (vâled)

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والِد • (vâled)

→ Bengali: ওয়ালেদ (ōẇaled)

→ Gujarati: વાલિદ (vālid)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: वालिद (vālid)

Urdu: والِد (vālid)

Borrowed from Arabic وَالِد (wālid), from وَلَدَ (walada), from Proto-Semitic *walad-.


زوجه

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زُوْجِه • (zowje) (plural زوجات (zowjât))

زُوْجِه (canonical)
zowje (romanization)
زوجات (plural)


پاگشا

پاگشا • (pâgošâ)

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پاگشا • (pâgošâ)

Pagosha, a reception held for a recently-married couple according to traditional Iranian custom.


کاکا

kākā (romanization)
کاکاها (plural)
کاکا (singular)
kākā́ (singular)
کاکای (Dari colloquial singular)
kākā́y (singular)
کاکاها (plural)
kākā-hā́ (plural)
کاکایا (Dari colloquial plural)
kākāy-yā́ (plural)
کاکارا (definite direct-object singular)
kākā́ rā (definite direct-object singular)
کاکایره (Dari colloquial definite direct-object singular)
kākā́y ra (definite direct-object singular)
کاکاها را (definite direct-object plural)
kākā-hā́ rā (definite direct-object plural)
کاکایاره (Dari colloquial definite direct-object plural)
kākāy-yā́ ra (definite direct-object plural)
کاکای (singular)
kākā́-yi (singular)
کاکاهای (plural)
kākā-hā́-yi (plural)
کاکایای (Dari colloquial plural)
kākāy-yā́-yi (plural)
کاکایی (singular)
kākā́-yē (singular)
کاکاهایی (plural)
kākā-hā́-yē (plural)
کاکایایی (Dari colloquial plural)
kākāy-yā́-yē (plural)
کاکایم (first-person possessive singular)
کاکایت (second-person singular)
کاکایتان (plural possessive second-person)
کاکایشان (plural possessive third-person)

Derived from Sanskrit काक्क (kākka), from a Dravidian word. Likely via Hindustani.
Akin to Pashto, Baluchi, and Urdu کاکا (kākā) and Nepali, and Hindi काका (kākā). All meaning paternal uncle or an older male.


حلقه ازدواج

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حلقههای ازدواج

حلقه ازدواج • (halqe-ye ezdevâj) (plural حلقههای ازدواج (halqe-hâ-ye ezdevâj))

fa-noun

حلقههای ازدواج

halqe-ye ezdevâj (romanization)
حلقههای ازدواج (plural)

fa:حلقه ازدواج


نامزدی

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نامزدی • (nâmzadi) (plural نامزدیها (nâmzadi-hâ))

nâmzadi (romanization)
نامزدیها (plural)


حلقه نامزدی

حلقههای نامزدی

حلقه نامزدی • (halqe-ye nâmzadi) (plural حلقههای نامزدی (halqe-hâ-ye nâmzadi))

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حلقههای نامزدی

halqe-ye nâmzadi (romanization)
حلقههای نامزدی (plural)


بابابزرگ

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بابابزرگ • (bâbâ-bozorg)

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بابابزرگ • (bâbâ-bozorg)


خانواده سلطنتی

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خانوادههای سلطنتی

خانواده سلطنتی • (xânevâde-ye saltanati) (plural خانوادههای سلطنتی (xânevâde-hâ-ye saltanati))

fa-noun

خانوادههای سلطنتی

xânevâde-ye saltanati (romanization)
خانوادههای سلطنتی (plural)

fa:خانواده سلطنتی


شجره

→ Urdu: شجرہ (śajarā)

[ʃä.d͡ʒä.ɾä]

[ʃä.d͡ʒä.ɾä]

[ʃä.d͡ʒä.ɾä]

[ʃä.d͡ʒä.ɾä]

[ʃæ.d͡ʒæ.ɹe]

[ʃä.d͡ʒä.ɾä]


دغد

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دغد • (doğd) (plural دغدها (doğd-hâ) or دغدان (doğdân))

doğd (romanization)
دغدها (plural)
دغدان (plural)

Borrowed from Sogdian [Term?], from Proto-Iranian *dúgdā. Akin to Persian دختر (doxtar, “girl, daughter”) and Persian دخت (doxt, “daughter, damsel”).


بیو

بیو • (bayu) (plural بیوها (bayu-hâ) or بیوکان)

bayu (romanization)
بیوها (plural)
بیوکان (plural)

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/wayūg/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-.
Cognate with Zazaki veyve, Northern Kurdish bûk, Laki بهوی (bewî), Southern Kurdish وەۊ (weẅ), Bakhtiari بیو (bayū) or بَهیگ (bahīg), Talysh ويو (vayu, vayü), ویی (vēi), Southern Luri بیگ (beyg, boyg)

Sanai, “The Walled Garden of Truth”
برهی گر کنی مردی خو، از خوشی و خشو و ننگ بیو.
berahi gar koni mard-i xu, az xoši o xašu o nang-e bayu.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


دایزه

دایزه • (dâyeze)

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دایزه • (dâyeze)

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→ Ottoman Turkish: تیزه (teyze)
Turkish: teyze
→ Albanian: teze
→ Armenian: թէյզէ (tʻēyzē)

From دا (dâ, “mother”) + ـزه (ze, “diminutive suffix”), literally “little mother, little mom”.
This word is still used in Isfahan and other areas of Central Iran like Fars province and Yazd province.

af

(archaic or dialectal) maternal aunt (mother’s sister)


عائله

ā'ila (romanization)
â'ele (romanization)


سنه

sonah (romanization)
sonoh (romanization)

From Proto-Iranian *(s)nušáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *snušás, from Proto-Indo-European *snusós (“daughter-in-law”).


بوبو

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بُوبو or بوبو • (bûbô or bôbô) (plural ننهها)

بُوبو (canonical)
بوبو (canonical)
bûbô (romanization)
bôbô (romanization)
ننهها (plural)

(chiefly Dari, usually childish or endearing) mother


خشو

خشو • (xušū)

fa-noun

خشو • (xušū)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *swaćrúH, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂ (“mother-in-law”). Compare Sanskrit श्वश्रू (śvaśrū).

(chiefly Dari or uncommon) mother-in-law


آبه

Ultimately derived from Common Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”).

der+

All family names ending in a vowel may have an epenthetic ـی added

but the latter is more common in Afghanistan


تغایی

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تغایی • (tağāyī)

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تغایی • (tağāyī)


نواسه

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نواسه • (nawāsa) (plural نواسهها (nawāsa-hā))

→ Urdu: نواسہ (nvāsh)


کیلین

کیلین • (kēlīn)

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کیلین • (kēlīn)


آموسنی

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آموسنی • (āmūsnī or āmwisnī)

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آموسنی • (āmūsnī or āmwisnī)

āmūsnī (romanization)
āmwisnī (romanization)

Borrowed from a Northwestern Iranian or Central Iranian term descending from Proto-Iranian *hapáθniH (“co-wife”).


آته

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.