Muslim Family Relationship Terms

Father's father

Jiddi

Classical Arabic: Jadd. Colloquial Arabic usually doesn't distinguish paternal vs maternal in daily address.

Father's mother

Teta

Classical Arabic: Jadda

Mother's father

Jiddi

Mother's mother

Teta

Father

Baba

Formal Arabic: Ab

Mother

Mama

Formal Arabic: Umm

Father's older brother

Ammo

Formal Arabic: 'Amm. No distinction by age in most dialects.

Father's younger brother

Ammo

Father's sister

Amty

Formal Arabic: 'Amma

Mother's older brother

Khalo

Formal Arabic: Khal

Mother's younger brother

Khalo

Mother's sister

Khalty

Formal Arabic: Khala

Father's older brother's wife

Zawjat al-'Amm

Descriptive ('uncle's wife') rather than one dedicated word in most dialects.

Father's younger brother's wife

Zawjat al-'Amm

Mother's brother's wife

Zawjat al-Khal

Father's sister's husband

Zawj al-'Amma

Mother's sister's husband

Zawj al-Khala

Older brother

Akh

No separate word by age.

Younger brother

Akh

Older sister

Ukht

Younger sister

Ukht

Father's brother's son

Ibn al-'Amm

Traditionally the customary/preferred marriage partner in classical Arab culture; 'ibn al-'amm' is even used idiomatically to mean 'kinsman' or 'one of us.'

Father's brother's daughter

Bint al-'Amm

Father's sister's son

Ibn al-'Amma

Father's sister's daughter

Bint al-'Amma

Mother's brother's son

Ibn al-Khal

Mother's brother's daughter

Bint al-Khal

Mother's sister's son

Ibn al-Khala

Mother's sister's daughter

Bint al-Khala

Son

Ibn

Daughter

Bint

Grandson

Hafid

Granddaughter

Hafida

Son-in-law

Sihr

Also called Zawj al-ibna ('daughter's husband').

Daughter-in-law

Kinna

Also called Zawjat al-ibn ('son's wife').

Brother's son

Ibn al-Akh

Sister's son

Ibn al-Ukht

Brother's daughter

Bint al-Akh

Sister's daughter

Bint al-Ukht

Husband

Zawj

Wife

Zawja

Spouse's father

Ham

Spouse's mother

Hama

Husband's older brother

Descriptive (e.g. 'akhu zawji,' my husband's brother)

Standard Arabic in-law-sibling terms vary a lot by dialect (Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf); a descriptive phrase is the safest common ground.

Husband's younger brother

Descriptive (e.g. 'akhu zawji,' my husband's brother)

Husband's sister

Descriptive (e.g. 'ukhtu zawji,' my husband's sister)

Wife's brother

Descriptive (e.g. 'akhu zawjati,' my wife's brother)

Wife's sister

Descriptive (e.g. 'ukhtu zawjati,' my wife's sister)

Brother's wife

Descriptive (e.g. 'zawjat akhi,' my brother's wife)

Sister's husband

Descriptive (e.g. 'zawj ukhti,' my sister's husband)