"کاکا" meaning in Persian

See کاکا in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kɑː.kɑː] [Classical-Persian], [kʰɑː.kʰɑː(j)] [Dari, formal], [kʰɑː.kʰɑː(j)] [Dari, formal], [kʰɑː.kʰɑː] [Kabuli], [kʰɔː.kʰɔː] (note: Hazaragi), [kʰɒː.kʰɒː] [Iran, formal], [kʰɔ.kʰɔ] [Tajik, formal], [kʰɒːkʲo] [Shiraz], [kʰɒː.kʰuː] (note: Kerman), [kʰɒː] (note: Abadan)
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|derived terms|Derived}} Derived, {{der|fa|sa|काक्क|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Sanskrit काक्क (kākka), {{der+|fa|sa|काक्क}} Derived from Sanskrit काक्क (kākka), {{der|fa|dra}} Dravidian, {{bor|fa|inc-hnd}} Hindustani, {{cog|ps|-}} Pashto, {{cog|bal|-}} Baluchi, {{bor|fa|ur|کاکا}} Urdu کاکا (kākā), {{cog|ne|-}} Nepali, {{bor|fa|hi|काका}} Hindi काका (kākā) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|کاکاها|||||f1tr=kākā-hā|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=kākā|tr2=|tr3=}} کاکا • (kākā) (plural کاکاها (kākā-hā)), {{fa-noun|pl=کاکاها|pltr=kākā-hā|tr=kākā}} کاکا • (kākā) (plural کاکاها (kākā-hā)) Forms: kākā [romanization], کاکاها [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], کاکا، کاکای (kākā́, kākā́y^△) [Dari, colloquial, singular], کاکاها، کاکایا (kākā-hā́, kākāy-yā́^△) [Dari, colloquial, plural], کاکارا، کاکایره (kākā́ rā, kākā́y ra^△) [Dari, colloquial, definite, direct-object, singular], کاکاها را، کاکایاره (kākā-hā́ rā, kākāy-yā́ ra^△) [Dari, colloquial, definite, direct-object, plural], کاکای [error-unrecognized-form, singular], کاکاهای، کاکایای (kākā-hā́-yi, kākāy-yā́-yi^△) [Dari, colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, plural], کاکایی [definite, relative, singular], کاکایی [indefinite, singular, stressed], کاکاهایی، کاکایایی (kākā-hā́-yē, kākāy-yā́-yē^△) [Dari, colloquial, definite, plural, relative], کاکاهایی، کاکایایی (kākā-hā́-yē, kākāy-yā́-yē^△) [Dari, colloquial, indefinite, plural, stressed], no-table-tags [table-tags], کاکایم [first-person, possessive, singular], کاکاهایم، کاکایام (kākā-hā́yam, kākāy-yā́-am^△) [colloquial, first-person, possessive, singular], کاکایت [second-person, singular], کاکاهایت، کاکایات (kākā-hā́yat, kākāy-yā́t^△) [colloquial, second-person, singular], کاکایش، کاکایْشِی (kākā́yaš, kākā́yšī^△) [colloquial, possessive, singular, third-person], کاکاهایش، کاکایاش (kākā-hā́yaš, kākāy-yā́š^△) [colloquial, possessive, singular, third-person], کاکایمان، کاکایما [colloquial, first-person, plural], کاکاهایمان، کاکایامان (kākā-hā́yimān, kākāy-yā́mān^△) [colloquial, first-person, plural], کاکایتان [plural, second-person], کاکاهایتان، کاکایاتان (kākā-hā́yitān, kākāy-yā́tān^△) [colloquial, plural, second-person], کاکایشان [error-unrecognized-form, singular], کاکاهایشان، کاکایاشان (kākā-hā́yišān, kākāy-yā́šān^△) [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, plural], کاکو [alternative], کا [alternative]
  1. (chiefly Dari) paternal uncle Tags: Dari Synonyms: عمو, افدر [archaic]
    Sense id: en-کاکا-fa-noun-d5uLvhk8 Categories (other): Dari
  2. (chiefly Dari) uncle (title) Tags: Dari
    Sense id: en-کاکا-fa-noun-6M-8J4xS Categories (other): Dari, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Titles Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 31 44 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 43 25 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 36 53 10 Disambiguation of Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 38 53 10 Disambiguation of Titles: 5 89 6
  3. (Shiraz, Abadan or Kerman, otherwise archaic) older brother, elder brother Tags: Shiraz
    Sense id: en-کاکا-fa-noun-tZdefB6t Categories (other): Shiraz Persian
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: زن کاکا (zan kâkâ) (english: sister-in-law), کاکا سیاه (kâkâ siyâh)
Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0 Related terms: مادر (mādar), ننه (nana), آبه (āba), مادرکلان (mādar-kalān), بیبی (bī-bī), آجه (āja), پدر (padar), بابا (bābā), آته (āta), پدرکلان (padar-kalān), آغا (āğā), خواهر (xāhar), خوار (xwār, xār), خواهرکلان (xāhar-kalān), , باجی (bājī), برادر (barādar), بیادر (biyādar), برار (birār), برادرکلان (barādar-kalān), لالا (lālā), خاله (xāla), ماما (māmā), تغایی (tağāyī), عمه (amma), When referring to older family members, both بزرگ and کلان are correct (kalān), but the latter is more common in Afghanistan, In many dialects, cases of word final ـا may be shortened to ـه (-a), all family names ending in ـه may have an epenthetic ـی added (-y), e.g. عمه -> عمی (ammay) (english: unrelated to ezafe)
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      "langcode": "fa",
      "name": "Family",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "sister-in-law",
      "roman": "zan kâkâ",
      "word": "زن کاکا"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kâkâ siyâh",
      "word": "کاکا سیاه"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "args": {
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit काक्क (kākka)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "काक्क"
      },
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      },
      "expansion": "Dravidian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "inc-hnd"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindustani",
      "name": "bor"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ps",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pashto",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "bal",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Baluchi",
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    },
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        "3": "کاکا"
      },
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        "2": "-"
      },
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kākā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاها",
      "roman": "kākā-hā",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prs-basic-ā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکا، کاکای (kākā́, kākā́y^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاها، کاکایا (kākā-hā́, kākāy-yā́^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکارا، کاکایره (kākā́ rā, kākā́y ra^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاها را، کاکایاره (kākā-hā́ rā, kākāy-yā́ ra^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکای",
      "roman": "kākā́-yi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاهای، کاکایای (kākā-hā́-yi, kākāy-yā́-yi^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکایی",
      "roman": "kākā́-yē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکایی",
      "roman": "kākā́-yē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاهایی، کاکایایی (kākā-hā́-yē, kākāy-yā́-yē^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاهایی، کاکایایی (kākā-hā́-yē, kākāy-yā́-yē^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prs-poss-ā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکایم",
      "roman": "kākā́yam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاهایم، کاکایام (kākā-hā́yam, kākāy-yā́-am^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "first-person",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکایت",
      "roman": "kākā́yat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاهایت، کاکایات (kākā-hā́yat, kākāy-yā́t^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکایش، کاکایْشِی (kākā́yaš, kākā́yšī^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاهایش، کاکایاش (kākā-hā́yaš, kākāy-yā́š^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکایمان، کاکایما",
      "roman": "kākā́yimān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاهایمان، کاکایامان (kākā-hā́yimān, kākāy-yā́mān^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکایتان",
      "roman": "kākā́yitān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاهایتان، کاکایاتان (kākā-hā́yitān, kākāy-yā́tān^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکایشان",
      "roman": "kākā́yišān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاهایشان، کاکایاشان (kākā-hā́yišān, kākāy-yā́šān^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکو",
      "roman": "kâko, kâku",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کا",
      "roman": "kâ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "کاکاها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "kākā-hā",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "kākā",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
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      "expansion": "کاکا • (kākā) (plural کاکاها (kākā-hā))",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "pl": "کاکاها",
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        "tr": "kākā"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mādar",
      "word": "مادر"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nana",
      "word": "ننه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "āba",
      "word": "آبه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mādar-kalān",
      "word": "مادرکلان"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bī-bī",
      "word": "بیبی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "āja",
      "word": "آجه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "padar",
      "word": "پدر"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bābā",
      "word": "بابا"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "āta",
      "word": "آته"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "padar-kalān",
      "word": "پدرکلان"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "āğā",
      "word": "آغا"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xāhar",
      "word": "خواهر"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xwār, xār",
      "word": "خوار"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xāhar-kalān",
      "word": "خواهرکلان"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bājī",
      "word": "باجی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "barādar",
      "word": "برادر"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "biyādar",
      "word": "بیادر"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "birār",
      "word": "برار"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "barādar-kalān",
      "word": "برادرکلان"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lālā",
      "word": "لالا"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xāla",
      "word": "خاله"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "māmā",
      "word": "ماما"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "tağāyī",
      "word": "تغایی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "amma",
      "word": "عمه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "When referring to older family members"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kalān",
      "word": "both بزرگ and کلان are correct"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "but the latter is more common in Afghanistan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "In many dialects"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "-a",
      "word": "cases of word final ـا may be shortened to ـه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "-y",
      "word": "all family names ending in ـه may have an epenthetic ـی added"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "unrelated to ezafe",
      "roman": "ammay",
      "word": "e.g. عمه -> عمی"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dari",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "paternal uncle"
      ],
      "id": "en-کاکا-fa-noun-d5uLvhk8",
      "links": [
        [
          "paternal",
          "paternal"
        ],
        [
          "uncle",
          "uncle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Dari) paternal uncle"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "عمو"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "افدر"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dari",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 44 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 43 25",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 53 10",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 53 10",
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        },
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        }
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        "uncle (title)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "uncle",
          "uncle"
        ]
      ],
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        "(chiefly Dari) uncle (title)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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      ],
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        [
          "older brother",
          "older brother"
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          "elder brother",
          "elder brother"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "otherwise archaic",
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[kɑː.kɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɑː.kʰɑː(j)]",
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        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɑː.kʰɑː(j)]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɑː.kʰɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɔː.kʰɔː]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɒː.kʰɒː]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɔ.kʰɔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɒːkʲo]",
      "tags": [
        "Shiraz"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɒː.kʰuː]",
      "note": "Kerman"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɒː]",
      "note": "Abadan"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:کاکا"
  ],
  "word": "کاکا"
}
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    "Persian terms derived from Hindi",
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    "Persian terms derived from Urdu",
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    "fa:Family",
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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "sister-in-law",
      "roman": "zan kâkâ",
      "word": "زن کاکا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kâkâ siyâh",
      "word": "کاکا سیاه"
    }
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      "args": {
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit काक्क (kākka)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
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        "3": "काक्क"
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    },
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        "1": "fa",
        "2": "dra"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "inc-hnd"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindustani",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ps",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pashto",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bal",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Baluchi",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ur",
        "3": "کاکا"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ne",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Nepali",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "hi",
        "3": "काका"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kākā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاها",
      "roman": "kākā-hā",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prs-basic-ā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکا، کاکای (kākā́, kākā́y^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاها، کاکایا (kākā-hā́, kākāy-yā́^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکارا، کاکایره (kākā́ rā, kākā́y ra^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاها را، کاکایاره (kākā-hā́ rā, kākāy-yā́ ra^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکای",
      "roman": "kākā́-yi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاهای، کاکایای (kākā-hā́-yi, kākāy-yā́-yi^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکایی",
      "roman": "kākā́-yē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکایی",
      "roman": "kākā́-yē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاهایی، کاکایایی (kākā-hā́-yē, kākāy-yā́-yē^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاهایی، کاکایایی (kākā-hā́-yē, kākāy-yā́-yē^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prs-poss-ā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکایم",
      "roman": "kākā́yam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاهایم، کاکایام (kākā-hā́yam, kākāy-yā́-am^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "first-person",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکایت",
      "roman": "kākā́yat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاهایت، کاکایات (kākā-hā́yat, kākāy-yā́t^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکایش، کاکایْشِی (kākā́yaš, kākā́yšī^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاهایش، کاکایاش (kākā-hā́yaš, kākāy-yā́š^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکایمان، کاکایما",
      "roman": "kākā́yimān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاهایمان، کاکایامان (kākā-hā́yimān, kākāy-yā́mān^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکایتان",
      "roman": "kākā́yitān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاهایتان، کاکایاتان (kākā-hā́yitān, kākāy-yā́tān^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکایشان",
      "roman": "kākā́yišān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکاهایشان، کاکایاشان (kākā-hā́yišān, kākāy-yā́šān^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کاکو",
      "roman": "kâko, kâku",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کا",
      "roman": "kâ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "kākā-hā",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "kākā",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "کاکا • (kākā) (plural کاکاها (kākā-hā))",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "pl": "کاکاها",
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        "tr": "kākā"
      },
      "expansion": "کاکا • (kākā) (plural کاکاها (kākā-hā))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "mādar",
      "word": "مادر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nana",
      "word": "ننه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āba",
      "word": "آبه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mādar-kalān",
      "word": "مادرکلان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bī-bī",
      "word": "بیبی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āja",
      "word": "آجه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "padar",
      "word": "پدر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bābā",
      "word": "بابا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āta",
      "word": "آته"
    },
    {
      "roman": "padar-kalān",
      "word": "پدرکلان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āğā",
      "word": "آغا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xāhar",
      "word": "خواهر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xwār, xār",
      "word": "خوار"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xāhar-kalān",
      "word": "خواهرکلان"
    },
    {
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bājī",
      "word": "باجی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "barādar",
      "word": "برادر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "biyādar",
      "word": "بیادر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "birār",
      "word": "برار"
    },
    {
      "roman": "barādar-kalān",
      "word": "برادرکلان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lālā",
      "word": "لالا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xāla",
      "word": "خاله"
    },
    {
      "roman": "māmā",
      "word": "ماما"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tağāyī",
      "word": "تغایی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "amma",
      "word": "عمه"
    },
    {
      "word": "When referring to older family members"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kalān",
      "word": "both بزرگ and کلان are correct"
    },
    {
      "word": "but the latter is more common in Afghanistan"
    },
    {
      "word": "In many dialects"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-a",
      "word": "cases of word final ـا may be shortened to ـه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-y",
      "word": "all family names ending in ـه may have an epenthetic ـی added"
    },
    {
      "english": "unrelated to ezafe",
      "roman": "ammay",
      "word": "e.g. عمه -> عمی"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Dari"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "paternal uncle"
      ],
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        [
          "paternal",
          "paternal"
        ],
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          "uncle",
          "uncle"
        ]
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        "(chiefly Dari) paternal uncle"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "عمو"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "افدر"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dari"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "uncle (title)"
      ],
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        [
          "uncle",
          "uncle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Dari) uncle (title)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with archaic senses",
        "Shiraz Persian"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "older brother, elder brother"
      ],
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        [
          "older brother",
          "older brother"
        ],
        [
          "elder brother",
          "elder brother"
        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Shiraz, Abadan or Kerman, otherwise archaic) older brother, elder brother"
      ],
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        "Shiraz"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɑː.kɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɑː.kʰɑː(j)]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɑː.kʰɑː(j)]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɑː.kʰɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɔː.kʰɔː]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɒː.kʰɒː]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɔ.kʰɔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɒːkʲo]",
      "tags": [
        "Shiraz"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɒː.kʰuː]",
      "note": "Kerman"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɒː]",
      "note": "Abadan"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:کاکا"
  ],
  "word": "کاکا"
}

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