Urdu Family Relationship Terms

Father's father

Dada

Father's mother

Dadi

Mother's father

Nana

Mother's mother

Nani

Father

Abbu

Formal: Walid

Mother

Ammi

Formal: Walida

Father's older brother

Taya

Father's younger brother

Chacha

Father's sister

Phuppo

Mother's older brother

Mamu

No separate word by age.

Mother's younger brother

Mamu

Mother's sister

Khala

Father's older brother's wife

Tai

Father's younger brother's wife

Chachi

Mother's brother's wife

Mumani

Father's sister's husband

Phupha

Mother's sister's husband

Khalu

Older brother

Bhai Jaan

Younger brother

Chhota Bhai

Older sister

Baji

Also 'Aapi.'

Younger sister

Chhoti Behen

Father's brother's son

Chacha Zaad Bhai

Urdu builds cousin terms with a '-zaad' suffix on the parent's sibling: Chacha Zaad (paternal younger uncle's child), Phuppo Zaad (paternal aunt's), Mamu Zaad (maternal uncle's), Khala Zaad (maternal aunt's) — a distinctive system Hindi/Punjabi don't share.

Father's brother's daughter

Chacha Zaad Behen

Father's sister's son

Phuppo Zaad Bhai

Father's sister's daughter

Phuppo Zaad Behen

Mother's brother's son

Mamu Zaad Bhai

Mother's brother's daughter

Mamu Zaad Behen

Mother's sister's son

Khala Zaad Bhai

Mother's sister's daughter

Khala Zaad Behen

Son

Beta

Daughter

Beti

Grandson

Pota (son's son) / Nawasa (daughter's son)

Granddaughter

Poti (son's daughter) / Nawasi (daughter's daughter)

Son-in-law

Damad

Daughter-in-law

Bahu

Brother's son

Bhatija

Sister's son

Bhanja

Brother's daughter

Bhatiji

Sister's daughter

Bhanji

Husband

Shohar

Wife

Biwi

Spouse's father

Susar

Spouse's mother

Saas

Husband's older brother

Jeth

Husband's younger brother

Dewar

Husband's sister

Nanad

Wife's brother

Saala

Wife's sister

Saali

Brother's wife

Bhabhi

Sister's husband

Behnoi