What do you call your father's brother, your cousin, or your spouse's sister in Marathi? Browse or search the full chart below.
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Father's father
Ajoba
Marathi commonly uses the same words for both sides, unlike Hindi's Dada/Nana split.
Father's mother
Aaji
Mother's father
Ajoba
Mother's mother
Aaji
Father
Baba
Mother
Aai
Father's older brother
Mothe Baba
Literally 'big father,' treated almost like a second father, the same pattern as Hindi's Tau ji.
Father's younger brother
Kaka
Father's sister
Aatya
Mother's older brother
Mama
Same root regardless of age.
Mother's younger brother
Mama
Mother's sister
Mavshi
Father's older brother's wife
Mothi Aai
Same 'big mother' logic as mothe baba.
Father's younger brother's wife
Kaku
Mother's brother's wife
Mami
Father's sister's husband
Kaka (also used loosely as 'uncle'); some families use a descriptive term instead
Mother's sister's husband
Mavsa
Older brother
Dada
Younger brother
Bhau
Older sister
Tai
Younger sister
Bahin
No separate address term for a younger sister; often just called by name.
Father's brother's son
Chulat Bhau
Marathi is Indo-Aryan, not Dravidian, so cousins get their own descriptive words rather than being folded into 'brother'/'sister' like Tamil, Telugu or Kannada.
Father's brother's daughter
Chulat Bahin
Father's sister's son
Aate Bhau
Father's sister's daughter
Aate Bahin
Mother's brother's son
Mame Bhau
Mother's brother's daughter
Mame Bahin
Mother's sister's son
Mavas Bhau
Mother's sister's daughter
Mavas Bahin
Son
Mulga
Daughter
Mulgi
Grandson
Natu
Granddaughter
Nat
Son-in-law
Jawai
Daughter-in-law
Sun
Brother's son
Putnya
Sister's son
Bhacha
Brother's daughter
Putni
Sister's daughter
Bhachi
Husband
Nawra
Wife
Bayko
Spouse's father
Sasra
Spouse's mother
Sasu
Husband's older brother
Jeth
Husband's younger brother
Deer
Husband's sister
Nanand
Wife's brother
Mehuna
Same word covers 'sister's husband' below, a generation-symmetric in-law term rather than one split by which side of the marriage it comes from.
Wife's sister
Mehuni
Brother's wife
Vahini
Sister's husband
Mehuna
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